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Enrollment
903
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003178
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL
10101 CROSS CREEK BLVD, TAMPA, FL 33647 · (813) 631-4694 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL903 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
259 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 | 295 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 317 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 32% |
Student demographics
78%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
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL→WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
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
70.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.1% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 67.9% |
% 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 903 | 28.7% | 66.2% |
| LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 779 | 39.3% | 61.7% |
| JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLEGE PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 980 | 23.6% | 81.0% |
| BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WEST PALM BEACH | 1,246 | 19.7% | 94.3% |
| DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,496 | 18.4% | 77.5% |
| WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ODESSA | 1,039 | 20.9% | 86.8% |
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 BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #128 of 560 | #9 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #121 of 560 ▲ 16 | #10 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #100 of 560 ▲ 4 | #9 of 43 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 903 | #216 of 584 | #18 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #261 of 547 | #6 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.9% | #1 of 553 | #1 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #480 of 565 | #36 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #166 of 379 | #8 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
903
-106 (-11%) vs 2020
-47% since 2000-01, when it was 1,700
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 903 | 47.2 | 19.1:1 | 29% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 1,016 | 49.5 | 20.5:1 | 38% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 1,017 | 51.5 | 19.8:1 | 47% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 56 | 18.0:1 | 48% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 1,084 | 58 | 18.7:1 | 49% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 1,043 | 61 | 17.1:1 | 46% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 1,114 | 66 | 16.9:1 | 40% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 1,700 | 93 | 18.3:1 | 29% (499) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the public schools in TAMPA, Florida. It is a medium-sized middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 903 students.
HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools with a combined 221,318 students. BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
White students are the largest group at BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 29% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Among all residents of Hillsborough County, the White share is about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
The count of teachers at BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 47.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.1:1. Middle schools in Florida average about 19.6:1, a similar figure. Around 29% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hillsborough County is 43%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Hillsborough County show that median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 223,193 students.
The closest public school to BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is HUNTER'S GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,009 to 903. Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.0:1 to 19.1:1.
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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
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Other schools in TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- HUNTER'S GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 788
- PRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 980
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,130
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 482
- TURNER-BARTELS K-8 SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,317
- CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 858
Frequently asked questions
About BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 903 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 22% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BENITO 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.