FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL

FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of the close-knit middle-grades schools in TAMPA, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, with 437 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

HILLSBOROUGH runs 300 schools in total, collectively educating 221,318 students. FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 33% Hispanic, 17% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LOMAX MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL has edged down 25%, going from 584 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 51% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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