FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL

FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. Current enrollment sits at 1,184 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Hillsborough County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 21% of students at FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 72.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 4%, going from 1,233 students in 2018 to 1,184 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 56% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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