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Brandon Success Center

Public Grades 6-12

817^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 838 Florida High Schools

Better than 3% of Florida high schools

Summary

Brandon Success Center in Seffner, FL, is a small alternative school serving 97 students in grades 6-12 within the Hillsborough district, where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.

The school faces extreme challenges, with a graduation rate of just 10.8% in the 2024-2025 school year—over 80 percentage points lower than nearby traditional high schools like Armwood High School (93.5%) and Bloomingdale High School (95.2%). Chronic absenteeism is a crisis-level issue, with 55.1% of students chronically absent in 2023-2024, and academic proficiency rates are in the single digits or low teens—for example, 6% in 10th-grade ELA compared to 71% at Bloomingdale. Even compared to other alternative schools, the outcomes are stark: Pivot Charter School achieves a 100% graduation rate and 48% ELA proficiency, while Focus Academy has an 87.5% graduation rate.

Despite spending $41,198 per student—more than four times the spending of high-performing schools like Bloomingdale ($9,381)—the school achieves the worst results in the region, suggesting that the profound challenges facing its students, such as poverty and disengagement, require intensive interventions that have not yet translated into academic success. The school serves as a last-resort option for students who have struggled in traditional settings, and while there are occasional small improvements in specific subjects, the overall trend indicates a need for a complete re-evaluation of its model and support systems.

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$41,198

Per pupil spending ?

80.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1019 N Parsons Rd
Seffner, FL 33584

(813) 740-4595

District: Hillsborough

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.7%

Hispanic:

28.9%

White:

11.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2009 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Florida average (5% vs 63% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Florida average (11% vs 92%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school5%

District avg60%

Florida avg63%

Middle school

1,211^th of 1,216

Florida public middle schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

817^th of 838

Florida public high schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 7% (2019) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

41^st of 41High Schools in the Hillsborough

45^th of 70Hillsborough among Florida districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	1.0	1211 of 1216	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.1	1173 of 1205	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.5	1196 of 1196	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.5	1161 of 1177	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.4	1134 of 1148	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.1	1094 of 1099	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.0	1018 of 1035	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	2.0	1026 of 1031	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	3.9	958 of 997	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	2.0	981 of 999	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	1.2	952 of 956	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	1.1	894 of 897	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	6.1	822 of 891	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.2	815 of 839	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.0	764 of 780	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.2	706 of 740	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	1.8	722 of 736	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	2.4	665 of 675	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	5.1	571 of 602	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	5.2	563 of 593	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	1.4	817 of 838	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.2	838 of 844	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.2	784 of 807	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.9	787 of 792	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	0.4	774 of 774	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.1	683 of 734	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	4.7	588 of 648	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.8	598 of 606	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	7.4	563 of 620	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.7	566 of 587	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.2	521 of 577	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	3.5	549 of 563	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

By subject vs Florida (2025-2026) ?

Civics11%-66 vs state

Algebra 110%-53 vs state

English Language Arts5%-56 vs state

Science4%-48 vs state

Math4%-55 vs state

Biology 10%-74 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, March 10, 2011

children and parents becareful at this school because the resource officers are allowed to assault your kids just for talking back and being disrespectful. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				FAST English Language Arts (2026)					FAST Math (2026)			Statewide Science Science (2026)	EOC Algebra 1 (2026)	EOC Geometry (2026)	EOC Biology 1 (2026)	EOC US History (2026)	EOC Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	FAST English Language Arts 6th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 7th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 8th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 9th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 10th Grade	FAST Math 6th Grade	FAST Math 7th Grade	FAST Math 8th Grade	Statewide Science Science 8th Grade	EOC Algebra 1 End of Course	EOC Geometry End of Course	EOC Biology 1 End of Course	EOC US History End of Course	EOC Civics End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brandon Success Center	Public	6-12	1019 N Parsons Rd	Seffner	33584	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 740-4595	97	6	16.1	80.4%	11 (11.3%)	54 (55.7%)	28 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	1.4	817^th of 838 public high schools	2.5%		1.2	838^th of 844 public high schools	0.7%	21	0.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	6.0	13.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	10.0		0.0		11.0	$41,198	$5,824	$35,374
Armwood High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	12000 E Us Highway 92	Seffner	33584	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	Yes	No	Yes	(813) 744-8040	2,278	79	28.7	55.8%	493 (21.6%)	857 (37.6%)	804 (35.3%)	37 (1.6%)	2 (0.1%)	7 (0.3%)	78 (3.4%)	35.9	521^st of 838 public high schools	37.8%		39.1	474^th of 844 public high schools	43.8%	47				45.0	52.0					32.0	46.0	67.0	77.0		$8,562	$1,019	$7,543
Strawberry Crest High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	4691 Gallagher Rd	Dover	33527	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	Yes	No	No	(813) 707-7522	2,501	103	24.2	38.5%	795 (31.8%)	129 (5.2%)	1,140 (45.6%)	367 (14.7%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (2.5%)	52.8	304^th of 838 public high schools	63.7%		55.9	254^th of 844 public high schools	69.9%	50				65.0	62.0					26.0	56.0	73.0	77.0		$8,551	$695	$7,857
Brandon High School	Public	9-12	1101 Victoria St	Brandon	33510	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 744-8120	1,835	76	24.0	53.5%	440 (24.0%)	450 (24.5%)	836 (45.6%)	28 (1.5%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	72 (3.9%)	22.8	647^th of 838 public high schools	22.8%		25.2	634^th of 844 public high schools	24.9%	13				39.0	37.0					44.0	34.0	48.0	62.0		$9,139	$1,073	$8,066
Falkenburg Road Jail	Public	6-12	520 N Falkenburg Rd	Tampa	33619	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 840-7472	31	3	10.3	9.7%	3 (9.7%)	19 (61.3%)	8 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)								(n/a)															$23,903	$2,491	$21,411
Dr Kiran C Patel High School	Public, Charter	9-12	10721 Raulerson Ranch Rd	Tampa	33637	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	No	No	No	(813) 694-7667	639	24	26.6	7.2%	197 (30.8%)	118 (18.5%)	175 (27.4%)	103 (16.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (6.6%)	80.5	64^th of 838 public high schools	92.4%		80.2	75^th of 844 public high schools	91.1%	11				85.0	90.0					70.0	80.0	92.0	93.0		$8,159	$25	$8,134
Tampa Bay Technical High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	6410 Orient Rd	Tampa	33610	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	Yes	No	Yes	(813) 744-8360	2,181	93	22.9	50.5%	227 (10.4%)	1,169 (53.6%)	604 (27.7%)	57 (2.6%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	116 (5.3%)	59.6	228^th of 838 public high schools	72.8%		57.6	237^th of 844 public high schools	71.9%	9				68.0	76.0					38.0	50.0	82.0	81.0		$8,918	$982	$7,935
King High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	6815 N 56th St	Tampa	33610	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	Yes	No	Yes	(813) 744-8333	1,154	39	29.8	56.2%	182 (15.8%)	526 (45.6%)	257 (22.3%)	129 (11.2%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	54 (4.7%)	30.8	574^th of 838 public high schools	31.5%		25.2	632^nd of 844 public high schools	25.1%	58				34.0	45.0					34.0	44.0	66.0	73.0		$12,101	$1,658	$10,444
Focus Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	304 Druid Hills Rd	Temple Terrace	33617	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	No	No	No	(813) 443-5558	110	10	11.0	52.7%	32 (29.1%)	30 (27.3%)	40 (36.4%)	4 (3.6%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)								(n/a)															$26,318	$716	$25,602
Pivot Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	3020 S Falkenburg Rd	Riverview	33578	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	No	No	No	(813) 626-6724	205	15	15.8	35.1%	47 (22.9%)	36 (17.6%)	107 (52.2%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.4%)	25.5	627^th of 838 public high schools	25.2%		27.1	616^th of 844 public high schools	27.0%	11	24.0	50.0	44.0	48.0	48.0	24.0	40.0	29.0	35.0	34.0	29.0	57.0	54.0	69.0	$7,085	$133	$6,952

Frequently Asked Questions about Brandon Success Center

What district is Brandon Success Center in?

Hillsborough

Is Brandon Success Center a good school?

Brandon Success Center ranks in the bottom 2.5% of Florida high schools.

How many students attend Brandon Success Center?

In the 2024-25 school year, 97 students attended Brandon Success Center.

What is the racial makeup of Brandon Success Center?

Students at Brandon Success Center are 56% African American, 29% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% Two or more races.

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