Dixie M. Hollins High School

Dixie M. Hollins High School is a public secondary school located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school was opened in 1959 as a vocational school for grades 10-12, but in the present day, it also offers 9th grade education. The current population of the school is just under 1,800 students.

Its graphic arts program, known as the Academy of Entertainment Arts, is designated as a center of excellence. Dixie Hollins also offers a program in the culinary arts, which is also designated as a center of excellence. The school also offers Cambridge/AICE curriculum, as well as an army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Opening in 1959, Dixie Hollins High School was named after the first superintendent of Pinellas County's school district, the district in which the school is located.

In 1971, the school became national news when the campus became embroiled in a community protest against racial integration through forced busing. The unrest had been building for several weeks. When the school decided to ban the use of the Confederate flag, community groups began picketing the school. The unrest broke out into violence on October 12, 1971. When Florida schools mandated kindergarten, Dixie Hollins High School incorporated 9th grade into its curriculum. The school underwent extensive renovations in 1992–1996, adding a two-story science wing, a new media center and cafeteria, an art building, a music building, and upgrading the existing classrooms, the gymnasium, and the vocational wing.

The school's sports rival is Pinellas Park High School.

In the early 2000s, Dixie Hollins opened its Graphic Arts Academy, offering strands in visual arts such as graphic design and filmmaking. It has since been renamed as the Academy of Entertainment Arts, and its courses are taught by Ronald Flowers Jr. (video game design), Kristen Pineda (photography), Michael Pineda (film and visual effects), and Nicholas Stefanic (music technology). Don Compton taught commercial art prior to his departure from the school in early 2016; he is currently employed at St. Petersburg College.

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