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Enrollment
1,108
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087002506
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL
615 BROOKER RD, BRANDON, FL 33511 · (813) 744-8383 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,108 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
384 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 | 339 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 382 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 387 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%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
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL→BLOOMINGDALE 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
59.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
62.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 62.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 59.3% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,108 | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 1,097 | 33.8% | 68.2% |
| BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,345 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| OAKRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,172 | 32.4% | 78.8% |
| BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,058 | 37.5% | 60.4% |
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 BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #240 of 560 | #15 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #229 of 560 ▼ 5 | #17 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #203 of 560 ▲ 10 | #14 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,108 | #93 of 584 | #7 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #452 of 547 | #22 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #80 of 553 | #13 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #442 of 565 | #33 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #188 of 379 | #10 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
1,108
-147 (-12%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,313
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,108 | 51.2 | 21.6:1 | 35% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 1,192 | 60.5 | 19.7:1 | 39% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 1,202 | 58 | 20.7:1 | 48% (581) |
| 2020-21 | 1,255 | 74 | 17.0:1 | 49% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 1,299 | 76 | 17.1:1 | 42% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 1,237 | 72 | 17.2:1 | 35% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 1,380 | 77 | 17.9:1 | 30% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 1,438 | 78 | 18.4:1 | 15% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 1,313 | 64 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a mid-sized middle school, BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in BRANDON, Florida. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 1,108 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 40% bigger than that mark.
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in HILLSBOROUGH, a system of 300 schools with 221,318 students.
The student body at BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Staffing at BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.6:1. The school's 21.6:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. On the income side, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 8 points below the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.1%) and its predicted rate (63.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Hillsborough County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $79,540 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Hillsborough County with 319 other public schools.
BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 1,255 in 2020-21 to 1,108 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.0:1 in 2020-21 to 21.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 BRANDON
- BRANDON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- MANN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 977 students
- MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 686 students
- MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
- YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
Other Burns Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burns Middle. BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Burns MiddleLawndale, NC · 744 students
- Burns Middle SchoolMobile, AL · 568 students
- Burns Middle SchoolBurns, TN · 494 students
Nearby schools
- BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 686
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP VALRICO1.2 mi · 906
- KINGSWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 437
- BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,208
- MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 687
- ALAFIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,108 students in grades 06-08.
Is BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.