Spoto High School is a

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located in Riverview, Hillsborough County,

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, serving the communities of Progress Village and Clair-Mel. It operates as a part of the

Hillsborough County Public Schools Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) is a school district that runs the public school system of Hillsborough County in west central Florida and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It is frequently referred to as the School District of Hillsbo ...

system. It opened in August 2006, with the main purpose of the school to relieve overcrowding at Riverview High School, also located in Riverview, and

East Bay High School East Bay High School is a public high school in Gibsonton, Florida Gibsonton, sometimes nicknamed Gibtown, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. U.S. Route 41 runs through the ...

in nearby

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. It also pulled students from Brandon High School and

Bloomingdale High School Bloomingdale High School is a public high school located in Valrico, Florida. Bloomingdale was established in 1987, three years after Gaither High School, and has its same architectural design. Bloomingdale's first graduating class was in 1989, si ...

. The school population for 2008-2009 was 1,460 students.

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Notable alumni

* Geronimo Allison, NFL wide receiver for the

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