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Enrollment
1,345
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087006912
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
5925 VILLAGE CENTER DR, LITHIA, FL 33547 · (813) 657-7266 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,345 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
440 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 453 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 425 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 467 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL→NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 68.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,345 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL BRANDON | 1,108 | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 1,097 | 33.8% | 68.2% |
| CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,079 | 30.2% | 70.9% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| OAKRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,172 | 32.4% | 78.8% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #171 of 560 | #10 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #177 of 560 ▼ 44 | #13 of 43 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #167 of 560 ▼ 20 | #11 of 43 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,345 | #24 of 584 | #3 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #535 of 547 | #42 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #58 of 553 | #10 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #460 of 565 | #35 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #306 of 379 | #21 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,345
-15 (-1%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 998
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,345 | 52.1 | 25.8:1 | 33% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 1,279 | 63 | 20.3:1 | 36% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 1,434 | 63.5 | 22.6:1 | 34% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 1,360 | 75 | 18.1:1 | 36% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 1,427 | 80 | 17.8:1 | 36% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 1,325 | 71 | 18.7:1 | 37% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 998 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 43% (429) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in LITHIA, Florida, are served by BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle-grades school. The school enrolls 1,345 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 69% larger than average.
The district for BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is HILLSBOROUGH, with 300 schools and 221,318 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is White, with 43% of students. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The diversity index for BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.8:1. Middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1, 6.2 fewer students per teacher than here. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are 2.8 points below predicted: 62.0% against 64.8%.
The county, Hillsborough County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,540, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 320, with about 223,193 students.
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,360 in 2020-21 and 1,345 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.8:1) than in 2020-21 (18.1:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in LITHIA
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,373 students
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 867 students
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 826 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Other Barrington Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Barrington Middle. BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Barrington Middle SchoolBarrington, RI · 763 students
- Barrington Middle SchoolBarrington, NH · 398 students
Nearby schools
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 867
- VALRICO LAKE ADVANTAGE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 916
- BELL CREEK ACADEMY1.0 mi · 1,125
- BOYETTE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 910
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 826
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 789
Frequently asked questions
About BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,345 students in grades 06-08.
Is BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 25.8:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 43% White, 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.