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Enrollment
657
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000934
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
1208 WISHING WELL WAY, TAMPA, FL 33619 · (813) 744-8322 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
438 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 | 226 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 36% |
Student demographics
59%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
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
30.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
31.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 38.3% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 657 | 66.7% | 34.7% |
| CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 679 | 68.6% | 42.4% |
| ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 679 | 68.8% | 31.0% |
| UNION PARK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 660 | 68.3% | 39.5% |
| DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY DUNDEE | 725 | 72.0% | 54.8% |
| JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL SEFFNER | 686 | 67.3% | 27.4% |
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 DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #514 of 560 | #33 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #543 of 560 ▼ 86 | #41 of 43 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #523 of 560 ▼ 67 | #35 of 43 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #407 of 584 | #33 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #511 of 547 | #36 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #278 of 553 | #29 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #93 of 565 | #11 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #89 of 137 | #9 of 15 |
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
657
+95 (+17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 956
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 657 | 28.2 | 23.3:1 | 67% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 21 | 25.2:1 | 71% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 26.5 | 19.9:1 | 76% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 95% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 91% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 92% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 86% (548) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 63 | 13.6:1 | 65% (560) |
| 1990-91 | 956 | 56 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL.
About DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in TAMPA, Florida. The school's 657 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH, with 221,318 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 58% of enrollment at DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Hillsborough County is roughly 30% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Staffing totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 67%. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, the prediction is 47.8% and the result is 34.7%.
Within Hillsborough County, median household income is about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Hillsborough County number 320 and enroll about 223,193.
The closest public school to DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is CLAIR-MEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 657 was 17% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 562. Students per teacher rose from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 23.3 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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- CLAIR-MEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 536
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- BING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 480
- FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 633
- GIUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 964
- KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 657 students in grades 06-08.
Is DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL have?
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
At DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 14% White, 58% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL in?
DOWDELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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