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Enrollment
969
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004351
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
10501 MONTAGUE ST, TAMPA, FL 33626 · (813) 558-5300 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL969 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
473 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 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 364 | 38% |
Student demographics
47%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
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL→ALONSO 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
44.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
47.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 52.3% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 969 | 48.8% | 46.5% |
| NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,042 | 47.9% | 63.3% |
| NEPTUNE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,040 | 45.2% | 57.6% |
| KISSIMMEE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 892 | 51.8% | 41.1% |
| MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE ORLANDO | 833 | 46.6% | 46.9% |
| DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 955 | 47.2% | 47.4% |
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 DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #378 of 560 | #20 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #406 of 560 ▼ 107 | #23 of 43 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #398 of 560 ▼ 76 | #21 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 969 | #168 of 584 | #15 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #459 of 547 | #26 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #404 of 553 | #39 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #318 of 565 | #27 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #217 of 379 | #15 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
969
-39 (-4%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,299
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 969 | 44.6 | 21.7:1 | 49% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 942 | 50.5 | 18.6:1 | 54% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 1,002 | 56 | 17.9:1 | 53% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 1,008 | 63 | 16.0:1 | 67% (677) |
| 2017-18 | 1,098 | 64 | 17.2:1 | 63% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 56 | 17.0:1 | 60% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 1,110 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 53% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 1,299 | 61 | 21.3:1 | 37% (480) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in TAMPA, Florida, administered by HILLSBOROUGH. Enrollment totals 969 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
A total of 300 schools make up HILLSBOROUGH, with 221,318 students enrolled.
The largest group at DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 69%. Other groups make up 20% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Hillsborough County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.7:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is 2.1 students per teacher. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Test results at DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL are 10.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.5% actual, 56.7% predicted).
For the population of Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillsborough County counts 320 public schools with about 223,193 students.
WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.7 miles from DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL had a net loss of 39 students, or 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 21.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about special education services, counseling, and support programs at DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
- WESTCHASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 876
- LOWRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 755
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 957
- HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.6 mi · 819
- SLAM ACADEMY TAMPA ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 248
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMY (TAMPA)1.9 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 969 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
How diverse is DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 20% White, 69% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
DAVIDSEN 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.