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Tarpon Springs High School
Administration building
Address
1411 Gulf Road Tarpon Springs , Florida United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Resilient
Established	1905
School district	Pinellas County Schools
Superintendent	Kevin K. Hendrick
Principal	Leza Fatolitis
Faculty	51.67 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,139 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.04[1]
Color(s)
Mascot	Rey the Sponge Diver
Nickname	TSHS
Rival	East Lake High School Palm Harbor University High School
Website	Tarpon Springs High School

Tarpon Springs High School is a public high school in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The school graduated its first class of seniors in the year 1906.^[2] The school is known for its football team, Band, Leadership Conservatory, Culinary department, and Veterinary Science Academy. Its mascot is a sponge diver, reflecting the town's history of sponge diving. The student body was composed of 89% white, 4% African-American, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Mixed-Race, and 0% American Indian. The majority of the school body was of Greek descent.^[3]

• Veterinary Science Academy
• Leadership Conservatory of the Arts
• Culinary
• Cambridge (AICE)
• Early Childhood

The school in 2023 had more than 30 clubs, including:

• Academic Team
• Art Club
• Bowling Club
• Color Guard National Honor Society
• Cambridge Camaraderie Club
• Debate Club
• Drama Club
• Environment Club
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• Future Farmers of America
• Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
• Greek National Honor Society
• Girl Friends of Pinellas
• Interact
• Key Club
• Maroon Mob
• Multi-cultural Committee
• Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society)
• National Honor Society
• National Art Honor Society
• PMAC
• Rotary Club
• Spanish Club
• Student Council
• SAVE Club
• Tri-M Music Honor Society
• Tarpon Springs Young Democrats
• Veterinary Science Club
• Yearbook

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• Nikitas Loulias, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain (2019-)
• Gus Bilirakis, politician
• Becky Burleigh, University of Florida Women’s Soccer Coach
• Mike Gruttadauria, former NFL player
• Bertie Higgins, singer-songwriter
• Scottie James (born 1996), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League^[4][5][6]
• Traci Koster, politician and attorney
• Don Smith, former NFL player for the Denver Broncos
• Kipp Vickers, former NFL player
• Ted Watts, former NFL player
• Mitchell Wilcox, NFL player (New England Patriots)

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