It is one of the four high schools in the county that offers the International Baccalaureate diploma program.

The school was established in 1959 and is named after Thomas Richard Robinson, an educator in Hillsborough County[3] who began teaching in 1917.

Robinson High School offers many sports including football, flag-football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, and track.

Only 150 spots are open every year for Robinson High's IB program.

Robinson High School also had the highest number of National Merit semi finalists in Hillsborough County in 2015.