Florida's 100 Newest Schools Struggle Again This Season

[OldSchoolLion]

Below are 100 schools that opened since 1992 in the most populous areas of Florida.  Only 21 of these schools made the playoffs this year(23 did last year), and only 8 of them won a playoff game this year(11 did last year).  Those that made the playoffs this year have been bolded, and those that won at least one playoff game have an asterisk beside them.  Amongst those who didn't, relatively few have had significant success in football since the school opened, and for those that did, the success was often short-lived.  Hillsborough County is the poster child for this phenomenon.

The 100 schools below have won a total of 214 playoff games between them.  20 of those 200 victories were by Bartram Trail.  Listed after each team is the year the school opened and the number of playoff (p/o) wins by each school since they opened.  43 of the schools have never won a playoff game.  Only Bartram Trail, Viera, Cypress Bay, Flanagan, Fleming Island, Northview and Braden River have 8 or more playoff wins.

Approximately 45% of teams in Classes 1A-8A made the playoffs this year.  So, the 21% of  teams from the list below that made the playoffs this season is disproportionately low.  

The amount of big, new schools is unprecedented in Florida's history.  Existing schools are becoming mega-schools (ie Lehigh High below), potentially moving them up in class to an even more competitive environment. 

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2018/07/06/lehigh-senior-high-growing-into-mega-school-rapid-growth/760552002/

The upper classes have become loaded with "newer" schools.  In a sense, they have been thrown into the fire before their programs have a chance to get traction.  And even after 20 years, some are still struggling.  With the current environment of talent concentrating at less and less schools, one has to wonder if these programs will ever get traction. 

If Florida is overflowing with talent, why have so many of these teams struggled?  If nothing changes, is it possible that in 25 years we will have yet another 75 "new" schools in the upper classes who struggle? 

Totals below by class:

8A-26 teams

7A-35 teams

6A-18 teams

5A-14 teams

4A-3 teams

3A-1 team

2A-1 team

1A-1 team

Independent-1 teams

 

Brevard County

Bayside(6A) 1998     4 p/o wins

*Heritage(6A) 2009     6 p/o wins

Space Coast(5A) 2001     0 p/o wins

*Viera(7A) 2006     8 p/o wins

 

Broward County

Coral Glades(Ind) 2004     0 p/o wins

Coral Springs Charter(4A) 1999      0 p/o wins

Cypress Bay(8A) 2002     10 p/o wins

Everglades(8A) 2003     2 p/o wins

Flanagan(8A) 1996      9 p/o wins

Monarch(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

West Broward(7A) 2008     1 p/o wins

 

Clay County

Fleming Island(7A) 2003     9 p/o wins

Oakleaf(7A) 2010     2 p/o wins

Ridgeview(5A) 1998     2 p/o wins

 

Collier County

Golden Gate(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

Gulf Coast(7A) 1998     0 p/o wins

Palmetto Ridge(6A) 2005     0 p/o wins

 

Duval County

Atlantic Coast(7A) 2010     0 p/o wins

 

Escambia

*Northview(1A) 1996     10 p/o wins

West Florida(5A) 2001     6 p/o wins

 

Flagler County

Matanzas(6A) 2005     0 p/o wins

 

Hernando County

*Nature Coast(5A) 2003     5 p/o wins

Weeki Wachee(5A) 2010     0 p/o wins

 

Hillsborough

Alonso(8A) 2001     1 p/o wins

Blake(6A) 1997     3 p/o wins

Durant(7A) 1995     5 p/o wins

Freedom(7A) 2002     0 p/o wins

Lennard(7A) 2006     2 p/o wins

Middleton 2002(5A) (reopened)     2 p/o wins

Newsome(8A) 2003     3 p/o wins

Riverview(8A) 1998     2 p/o wins

Sickles(7A) 1997     3 p/o wins

Spoto(5A) 2006     1 p/o win

Steinbrenner(8A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Strawberry Crest(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Wharton(7A) 1997      6 p/o wins

 

Indian River County

Sebastian River(6A) 1994     1 p/o win

 

Lake County

East Ridge(7A) 2002     6 p/o wins

Lake Minneola(7A) 2011     0 p/o wins

South Lake(6A) 1993     1 p/o win

 

Lee County

East Lee County(6A) 2007     0 p/o wins

Ida S Baker(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

Island Coast(6A) 2007     4 p/o wins

Lehigh(6A) 1994     2 p/o wins

 

Leon County

Chiles(7A) 1999     0 p/o wins

St John Paul II(2A) 2001     0 p/o wins

 

Manatee

*Braden River(7A) 2005     9 p/o wins

Lakewood Ranch(7A) 1998     2 p/o wins

 

Marion County

Belleview(5A) 1995     7 p/o wins

Westport(7A) 2000     1 p/0 win

 

Martin County

Jensen Beach(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

 

Miami-Dade County

Dr Krop(8A) 1998     4 p/o wins

Ferguson(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Goleman(7A) 1995     1 p/o win

Hialeah Gardens(8A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Reagan(7A) 2006     0 p/o wins

Varela(8A) 2000     0 p/o wins

Westland(7A) 2007     0 p/o wins

 

Nassau County

Yulee(5A) 2006 (reopened)     3 p/o wins

 

Orange County

Cypress Creek(8A) 1992     0 p/o wins

East River(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Freedom(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Lake Nona(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Ocoee(7A) 2005     0 p/o wins

Olympia(8A) 2001     1 p/o win

Timber Creek(8A) 2001     4 p/o wins

*Wekiva(8A) 2007     5 p/o wins

Windermere(7A) 2017     0 p/o wins

 

Osceola County

Celebration(7A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Harmony(7A) 2004     2 p/o wins

Liberty(7A) 2007     0 p/o wins

 

Palm Beach County

Boynton Beach(6A) 2001     0 p/o wins 

*Palm Beach Central(8A) 2003     4 p/o wins 

Park Vista(8A) 2004     3 p/o wins

Royal Palm Beach(7A) 1997     5 p/o wins

West Boca(7A) 2004     2 p/o wins

 

Pasco County

Anclote(5A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Fivay(5A) 2010     0 p/o wins

Mitchell(6A) 2000     2 p/o wins

Sunlake(6A) 2007     2 p/o wins

Wesley Chapel(5A) 1999     0 p/o wins

Wiregrass Ranch(7A) 2006     1 p/o wins

 

Pinellas

*Calvary Christian(3A) 2000     2 p/o wins

Palm Harbor(8A) 1996     1 p/o win

 

Polk County

George Jenkins(8A) 1993     0 p/o wins

Lake Region(6A) 1995     0 p/o wins

Ridge(8A) 2005     2 p/o wins

Tenoroc(4A) 2008     0 p/o wins

 

St Johns

Bartram Trail(7A) 2000     20 p/o wins

Creekside(7A) 2008     1 p/o win

Menendez(5A) 2000     1 p/o wins

Ponte Vedra(5A) 2008     5 p/o wins

 

St Lucie County

Centennial(8A) 1998     2 p/o wins

Treasure Coast(8A) 2006     1 p/o wins

 

Sarasota

North Port(7A) 2001     0 p/o wins

 

Seminole County

Hagerty(7A) 2005     0 p/o wins

Winter Springs(8A) 1997     1 p/o win

 

Volusia

Atlantic(4A) 1994     1 p/o win

Pine Ridge(6A) 1994     0 p/o wins

University(8A) 2010     0 p/o wins

[OldSchoolLion]

...another tidbit.  13 of the 21 teams mentioned above who made the playoffs lost in the first round.  Of those 13, 6 had a running clock put on them.   

Hagerty(7A) 48-7

Sickles(7A) 39-0

West Broward(7A) 43-0 

Wiregrass Ranch(7A) 43-7

South Lake(6A) 54-0 

Coral Springs Charter(4A) 55-10

[Nulli Secundus]

3 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Below are 100 schools that opened since 1992 in the most populous areas of Florida.  Only 21 of these schools made the playoffs this year(23 did last year), and only 8 of them won a playoff game this year(11 did last year).  Those that made the playoffs this year have been bolded, and those that won at least one playoff game have an asterisk beside them.  Amongst those who didn't, relatively few have had significant success in football since the school opened, and for those that did, the success was often short-lived.  Hillsborough County is the poster child for this phenomenon.

The 100 schools below have won a total of 214 playoff games between them.  20 of those 200 victories were by Bartram Trail.  Listed after each team is the year the school opened and the number of playoff (p/o) wins by each school since they opened.  43 of the schools have never won a playoff game.  Only Bartram Trail, Viera, Cypress Bay, Flanagan, Fleming Island, Northview and Braden River have 8 or more playoff wins.

Approximately 45% of teams in Classes 1A-8A made the playoffs this year.  So, the 21% of  teams from the list below that made the playoffs this season is disproportionately low.  

The amount of big, new schools is unprecedented in Florida's history.  Existing schools are becoming mega-schools (ie Lehigh High below), potentially moving them up in class to an even more competitive environment. 

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2018/07/06/lehigh-senior-high-growing-into-mega-school-rapid-growth/760552002/

The upper classes have become loaded with "newer" schools.  In a sense, they have been thrown into the fire before their programs have a chance to get traction.  And even after 20 years, some are still struggling.  With the current environment of talent concentrating at less and less schools, one has to wonder if these programs will ever get traction. 

If Florida is overflowing with talent, why have so many of these teams struggled?  If nothing changes, is it possible that in 25 years we will have yet another 75 "new" schools in the upper classes who struggle? 

Totals below by class:

8A-26 teams

7A-35 teams

6A-18 teams

5A-14 teams

4A-3 teams

3A-1 team

2A-1 team

1A-1 team

Independent-1 teams

 

Brevard County

Bayside(6A) 1998     4 p/o wins

*Heritage(6A) 2009     6 p/o wins

Space Coast(5A) 2001     0 p/o wins

*Viera(7A) 2006     8 p/o wins

 

Broward County

Coral Glades(Ind) 2004     0 p/o wins

Coral Springs Charter(4A) 1999      0 p/o wins

Cypress Bay(8A) 2002     10 p/o wins

Everglades(8A) 2003     2 p/o wins

Flanagan(8A) 1996      9 p/o wins

Monarch(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

West Broward(7A) 2008     1 p/o wins

 

Clay County

Fleming Island(7A) 2003     9 p/o wins

Oakleaf(7A) 2010     2 p/o wins

Ridgeview(5A) 1998     2 p/o wins

 

Collier County

Golden Gate(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

Gulf Coast(7A) 1998     0 p/o wins

Palmetto Ridge(6A) 2005     0 p/o wins

 

Duval County

Atlantic Coast(7A) 2010     0 p/o wins

 

Escambia

*Northview(1A) 1996     10 p/o wins

West Florida(5A) 2001     6 p/o wins

 

Flagler County

Matanzas(6A) 2005     0 p/o wins

 

Hernando County

*Nature Coast(5A) 2003     5 p/o wins

Weeki Wachee(5A) 2010     0 p/o wins

 

Hillsborough

Alonso(8A) 2001     1 p/o wins

Blake(6A) 1997     3 p/o wins

Durant(7A) 1995     5 p/o wins

Freedom(7A) 2002     0 p/o wins

Lennard(7A) 2006     2 p/o wins

Middleton 2002(5A) (reopened)     2 p/o wins

Newsome(8A) 2003     3 p/o wins

Riverview(8A) 1998     2 p/o wins

Sickles(7A) 1997     3 p/o wins

Spoto(5A) 2006     1 p/o win

Steinbrenner(8A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Strawberry Crest(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Wharton(7A) 1997      6 p/o wins

 

Indian River County

Sebastian River(6A) 1994     1 p/o win

 

Lake County

East Ridge(7A) 2002     6 p/o wins

Lake Minneola(7A) 2011     0 p/o wins

South Lake(6A) 1993     1 p/o win

 

Lee County

East Lee County(6A) 2007     0 p/o wins

Ida S Baker(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

Island Coast(6A) 2007     4 p/o wins

Lehigh(6A) 1994     2 p/o wins

 

Leon County

Chiles(7A) 1999     0 p/o wins

St John Paul II(2A) 2001     0 p/o wins

 

Manatee

*Braden River(7A) 2005     9 p/o wins

Lakewood Ranch(7A) 1998     2 p/o wins

 

Marion County

Belleview(5A) 1995     7 p/o wins

Westport(7A) 2000     1 p/0 win

 

Martin County

Jensen Beach(6A) 2004     0 p/o wins

 

Miami-Dade County

Dr Krop(8A) 1998     4 p/o wins

Ferguson(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Goleman(7A) 1995     1 p/o win

Hialeah Gardens(8A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Reagan(7A) 2006     0 p/o wins

Varela(8A) 2000     0 p/o wins

Westland(7A) 2007     0 p/o wins

 

Nassau County

Yulee(5A) 2006 (reopened)     3 p/o wins

 

Orange County

Cypress Creek(8A) 1992     0 p/o wins

East River(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Freedom(8A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Lake Nona(7A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Ocoee(7A) 2005     0 p/o wins

Olympia(8A) 2001     1 p/o win

Timber Creek(8A) 2001     4 p/o wins

*Wekiva(8A) 2007     5 p/o wins

Windermere(7A) 2017     0 p/o wins

 

Osceola County

Celebration(7A) 2003     0 p/o wins

Harmony(7A) 2004     2 p/o wins

Liberty(7A) 2007     0 p/o wins

 

Palm Beach County

Boynton Beach(6A) 2001     0 p/o wins 

*Palm Beach Central(8A) 2003     4 p/o wins 

Park Vista(8A) 2004     3 p/o wins

Royal Palm Beach(7A) 1997     5 p/o wins

West Boca(7A) 2004     2 p/o wins

 

Pasco County

Anclote(5A) 2009     0 p/o wins

Fivay(5A) 2010     0 p/o wins

Mitchell(6A) 2000     2 p/o wins

Sunlake(6A) 2007     2 p/o wins

Wesley Chapel(5A) 1999     0 p/o wins

Wiregrass Ranch(7A) 2006     1 p/o wins

 

Pinellas

*Calvary Christian(3A) 2000     2 p/o wins

Palm Harbor(8A) 1996     1 p/o win

 

Polk County

George Jenkins(8A) 1993     0 p/o wins

Lake Region(6A) 1995     0 p/o wins

Ridge(8A) 2005     2 p/o wins

Tenoroc(4A) 2008     0 p/o wins

 

St Johns

Bartram Trail(7A) 2000     20 p/o wins

Creekside(7A) 2008     1 p/o win

Menendez(5A) 2000     1 p/o wins

Ponte Vedra(5A) 2008     5 p/o wins

 

St Lucie County

Centennial(8A) 1998     2 p/o wins

Treasure Coast(8A) 2006     1 p/o wins

 

Sarasota

North Port(7A) 2001     0 p/o wins

 

Seminole County

Hagerty(7A) 2005     0 p/o wins

Winter Springs(8A) 1997     1 p/o win

 

Volusia

Atlantic(4A) 1994     1 p/o win

Pine Ridge(6A) 1994     0 p/o wins

University(8A) 2010     0 p/o wins

3 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

...another tidbit.  13 of the 21 teams mentioned above who made the playoffs lost in the first round.  Of those 13, 6 had a running clock put on them.   

Hagerty(7A) 48-7

Sickles(7A) 39-0

West Broward(7A) 43-0 

Wiregrass Ranch(7A) 43-7

South Lake(6A) 54-0 

Coral Springs Charter(4A) 55-10

Is it really a surprise?

Two words:

Sprawl
Demographics

I think it would be interesting to see how these newer schools have affected programs they were meant to relieve.  For example, looking at Polk County below are the new schools and the schools in which they drew their population from.

George Jenkins (1993) -> Lakeland, Lake Gibson, Kathleen
Lake Region (1995) -> Winter Haven, Bartow
Ridge (2005) -> Haines City
Tenoroc (2008) -> Lakeland, Auburndale, Lake Gibson

[OldSchoolLion]

6 minutes ago, Nulli Secundus said:

Is it really a surprise?

Two words:

Sprawl
Demographics

I think it would be interesting to see how these newer schools have affected programs they were meant to relieve.  For example, looking at Polk County below is the new schools and the schools in which they drew their population from.

George Jenkins (1993) -> Lakeland, Lake Gibson, Kathleen
Lake Region (1995) -> Winter Haven, Bartow
Ridge (2005) -> Haines City
Tenoroc (2008) -> Lakeland, Auburndale, Lake Gibson

All but a handful of the schools above are Class 5A-8A.  Teneroc, a newer school that is only 4A, is a rarity.  Did the school not grow as they had anticipated?  

 

[Nulli Secundus]

59 minutes ago, OldSchoolLion said:

All but a handful of the schools above are Class 5A-8A.  Teneroc, a newer school that is only 4A, is a rarity.  Did the school not grow as they had anticipated?  

 

Tenoroc was anticipated to have a larger student body due to the Florida housing boom that eventually went bust.  Of all the newer schools constructed in Polk County, Tenoroc is the most isolated in terms or nearby population.  Although technically in Lakeland and a stone’s throw from Auburndale, there is literally nothing around it.  If the Polytechnic area matures and planned developments take shape, Tenoroc will mostly likely see a bump in population.  However until that time, the Titan program will be at the whim of established neighborhoods miles away to the east and west.  I always felt like the high school in that area was built too soon.  The county should’ve started in Southwest Lakeland.

[OldSchoolLion]

21 minutes ago, Nulli Secundus said:

Tenoroc was anticipated to have a larger student body due to the Florida housing boom that eventually went bust.  Of all the newer schools constructed in Polk County, Tenoroc is the most isolated in terms or nearby population.  Although technically in Lakeland and a stone’s throw from Auburndale, there is literally nothing around it.  If the Polytechnic area matures and planned developments take shape, Tenoroc will mostly likely see a bump in population.  However until that time, the Titan program will be at the whim of established neighborhoods miles away to the east and west.  I always felt like the high school in that area was built too soon.  The county should’ve started in Southwest Lakeland.

22 wins in 11 seasons.  Now that a culture of losing is entrenched, it will be difficult to turn around.  When I heard about them building that school, I thought it was an odd location.  

[Nulli Secundus]

On 12/3/2018 at 9:24 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

22 wins in 11 seasons.  Now that a culture of losing is entrenched, it will be difficult to turn around.  When I heard about them building that school, I thought it was an odd location.  

Maps don’t lie, LOL.  Attached is what was supposed to happen immediately north of Tenoroc.  To date, the only plans that have taken shape are Florida Polytechnic and land acquisition for a new hospital.