2/3 of All Private School State Titles Were Won by 6 Teams

[OldSchoolLion]

Do private schools as a whole perform that well in football?  The short answer is "not especially," as reflected in the data below.  I selected the 70 most well-known private schools in the state(for football) and have listed the title history of each below.  Please keep in mind that many of these schools have been around for a long time. There are a number of schools that are 50 years old that have never won a title. 

As I have said before, if several of these teams had not had the success they did over the years, the private school debate might be a non-issue, or at least a less talked-about one.  So, when we talk about the private school advantage, we should remember that the vast majority of private schools have not done a disproportionate amount of winning.  Some interesting statistics:   

• 22/70(31%) private schools listed below have won at least one state title.  So, over 2/3 of private schools have never won a state title.  31/80(39%) of the private schools below have never appeared in a state title game.  
• These 22 teams have won a combined 80 state titles out of a total of 300 state titles awarded by the FHSAA.  So, private schools have won 27% of the FHSAA state titles awarded.
• Approximately 2/3 of all state titles won by private schools over the past 55 years were won by one of 6 teams.  (Bolles, STA, University Chr., NFC, Trinity Chr., and Glades Day) 
• 66 of those 80 titles (83%) were won by one of 10 schools listed below.  The other 60 private schools won a total of 14 titles between them, 11 of them within the past 25 years.  

 

Bolles-11

St Thomas Aquinas-10

University Christian-9

North Florida Christian-8

Trinity Christian-7

Glades Day-7

American Heritage Plantation-4

Chaminade-Madonna-4

American Heritage Delray-3

Champagnat-3

 

State Title History of 70 Private Schools

Note: Teams that have won at least one state title are italicized.

 

Admiral Farragut    2011 2A runner-up

American Heritage Delray 2007(1A), 2009(1A), and 2011(3A) titles; 2002(A), 2010(1A), 2013(3A) and 2014(3A) runners-up  

American Heritage Plantation 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 5A title; 1998 2A runner-up

Archbishop Carroll   no titles

Archbishop Curley    no titles

Archbishop McCarthy   no titles

Belen Jesuit   2009 3A runner-up

Benjamin   1978, 1979, 1992 A runner-up, 1994 2A runner-up

Berkeley Prep   no titles

Bishop Kenny    no titles

Bishop Moore   1970(A) and 2005(5A) title

Bishop Verot   1990(2A) and 1994(3A) runner-up

Bolles   11 state titles; 5 runner-up

Calvary Christian   no titles

Cardinal Gibbons   2018 5A champion; 1990 3A runner-up

Cardinal Mooney   1972 A champion

Chaminade-Madonna   2003(2A), 2005(2A), 2017(3A), 2018(3A) title; 1974(3A), 2002(2A), 2017(3A) runner-up

Champagnat  2013, 2017, 2018 2A champion

Clearwater Central Catholic   2013 3A runner-up

Columbus 1980(4A), 1982(4A), 2014(8A), 2018(8A)

Dade Christian 2012 2A runner-up

Episcopal(Jacksonville)  no titles

Evangelical Christian 2005 1B title

Father Lopez   no titles

First Academy   no titles

Florida Christian   no titles

Glades Day   7 state titles and 7 runners-up

Gulliver Prep  2000 2A title, 2008 2A runner-up

Hollywood Christian   no titles

Holy Trinity (Melbourne)   no titles

Immaculata-Lasalle   no titles

Indian Rocks Christian  2014 2A runner-up

Jesuit 1968 A title, 1992 3A runner-up

John Carroll  no titles

John Paul II (Jacksonville)    no titles

Jupiter Christian   2007 and 2008 1B titles

Keswick Christian  no titles

King’s Academy 2018 3A runner-up

Lake Highland Prep   no titles

Melbourne Central Catholic   no titles

Monsignor Pace   2003 3A title

North Broward Prep    no titles

North Florida Christian   8 titles and 3 runners-up

Northside Christian   no titles

Orangewood Christian   no titles

Oxbridge Academy   2017 3A runner-up

Palmer Trinity   no titles

Pensacola Catholic   2004 2B runner-up

Pine Crest   no titles

Pope JP II (Boca Raton)   no titles

Ransom Everglades   no titles

St Andrew’s   no titles

St Edward’s   1989 A runner-up

St John Neumann   no titles

St Pete Catholic   no titles

St Thomas Aquinas   10 titles and 8 runners-up

Santa Fe Catholic   no titles

Shorecrest Prep   1975 and 1976 A runners-up

Tampa Catholic 2007 and 2009 2A runners-up

Trinity Catholic   2005 and 2010 2B titles; 2006 and 2008 2B runners-up

Trinity Christian (Deltona) no titles

Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)   7 titles, 2 runners-up

Trinity Prep 1971 and 1977 A runner-up

University Christian 9 titles and 1 runner-up

University School 2012 3A title, 2010 2B runner-up

Victory Christian 2014 2A title, 2006 1B runner-up, 2013 2A runner-up

Warner Christian 2008, 2009 and 2010 1B runner-up

Westminster Academy 1990 A title, 1991 A runner-up

Westminster Christian 1973 A runner-up

Village Academy no titles

[Hwy17]

Most private schools are really small, stress academics first, are part of a church or other religious ministry, and sports are just something they offer.  If they have a good year or win a championship, then awesome, otherwise its back to school. 

[OldSchoolLion]

 

1 hour ago, Hwy17 said:

Most private schools are really small, stress academics first, are part of a church or other religious ministry, and sports are just something they offer.  If they have a good year or win a championship, then awesome, otherwise its back to school. 

I agree.  If "all private schools recruit," most of them have done a really lousy job!  LOL