Gibbs High, 850 34th St. S: grades 9 to 12, 1,125 students in 2024-25, a C in Florida's 2026 school grades, home of the PCCA arts magnet.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Pinellas County Schools’ zoning maps, 2026-27 bell times and student calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and the FHSAA’s 2026-27 football assignments.

Gibbs High, formally Jonathan C. Gibbs High School, is the Pinellas County Schools high school for grades 9 to 12 at 850 34th St. S, inside St. Petersburg city limits. It is also home to the Pinellas County Center for the Arts, a countywide arts magnet.

Who to call
Address 850 34th St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Phone 727-893-5452
Grades 9 to 12
District Pinellas County Schools
State school number 52-1531

Principal

Principal Barry Brown, according to the school’s administration page.

Enrollment and teachers

The federal NCES directory counted 1,125 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 70 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers. That is about 16 students per teacher. The year before, the count was 1,131.

The state’s 2026 grades file lists 91.4% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for high schools, graduation and college and career acceleration. The file sets an A for high schools at 65% of points or more and a C at 45% to 59%.

School year Grade
2025-26 C (51% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 C

From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 52%
  • Math: 32%
  • Science: 53%
  • Social studies: 64%

The file gives a graduation rate of 90% for 2024-25, and 50% on college and career acceleration (students earning credit through programs such as AP, IB, AICE, dual enrollment or industry certifications).

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s School Zone Locator, or see the district’s high school zoning map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Of the 153,244 St. Petersburg address points in Pinellas County’s address layer, 15,135 (9.9%) fall inside the Gibbs zone on that map. An address point can be a house, an apartment or a business.

The district does not publish a feeder list. Comparing its zoning maps (the middle and high school maps it posts were first drawn for 2012-13; the elementary map is for 2026-27), the St. Petersburg addresses in the Gibbs zone fall in these zones:

None of the district’s Planning for Progress recommendations, which the School Board votes on at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, would change the Gibbs zone. One elementary school above would grow: the plan closes Bear Creek Elementary and moves part of its zone to Fairmount Park.

Programs

The school’s website lists these programs:

  • Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA): the district’s visual and performing arts magnet, with dance, music, theater, design and technical theater and integrated arts departments. Students apply through the district’s magnet process.
  • Business Entrepreneurial Technology Academy (BETA): business, programming, digital video and game design courses.
  • JROTC, AVID and the 3DE program.

Magnet and fundamental applications for 2027-28 open Jan. 5-15, 2027. The district’s South County Fair for those programs is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Gibbs, according to its magnet and fundamental programs page.

Sports and activities

For football in 2026-27, Gibbs plays in Class 3A, Region 3, District 11 with Anclote (Holiday), Countryside (Clearwater), Dunedin, Seminole and Tarpon Springs, according to the FHSAA’s assignments.

The school’s sports page lists football, volleyball, cross country, swimming and diving and cheerleading in the fall; boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and wrestling in the winter; and flag football, softball, baseball, tennis and track in the spring.

Scores and schedules: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 7:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times. Gibbs is a first-tier school, so the district does not shift its times.

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: no school (a possible hurricane make-up day)
  • Nov. 21-29: Thanksgiving week, no school
  • Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, 2027: winter holidays; Monday, Jan. 4, is also off, and the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day, no school
  • March 13-21, 2027: spring holidays
  • Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school, with students released two hours early

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Gibbs High serve?

Grades 9 to 12. Gibbs is a Pinellas County Schools high school at 850 34th St. S in St. Petersburg.

What is Gibbs High’s school grade?

Gibbs earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 51% of possible points. It also earned a C in 2025 and 2024.

What time does Gibbs High start?

Classes run 7:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s bell times.

Which middle schools feed into Gibbs High?

On the district’s zoning maps, most St. Petersburg addresses in the Gibbs zone are in the John Hopkins Middle zone, with smaller parts in the Azalea and Bay Point middle zones.