BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a substantial 6-8 campus in LITHIA, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH, enrolls 1,345 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% larger than the state mean of about 794.

BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that enrolls 221,318 students overall.

Demographically, BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 62.0%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 72.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 6%, going from 1,427 students in 2018 to 1,345 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 in 2025.

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