DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL

DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized middle-grades schools in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, with 969 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Around the school, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 1,098 students in 2018 compared to 969 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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