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Enrollment
910
Middle
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001620
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL
6410 118TH AVE, LARGO, FL 33773 · (727) 547-4526 · Pinellas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
19.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
498 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 324 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 286 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 300 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
54.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 43.4% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 910 | 54.7% | 50.5% |
| HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEBRING | 669 | 53.8% | 51.5% |
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 799 | 57.7% | 57.0% |
| TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OVIEDO | 1,060 | 49.9% | 58.3% |
| GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 858 | 59.1% | 54.2% |
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 FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #326 of 560 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #313 of 560 ▲ 84 | #15 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #237 of 560 ▲ 23 | #11 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #210 of 584 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #244 of 547 | #12 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #29 of 553 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #239 of 565 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #160 of 379 | #13 of 18 |
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
910
-197 (-18%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,143
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 910 | 48 | 19.0:1 | 55% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 971 | 51 | 19.0:1 | 59% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 1,033 | 50 | 20.7:1 | 62% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 1,107 | 53 | 20.9:1 | 52% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 1,096 | 61 | 18.0:1 | 62% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 1,104 | 64 | 17.3:1 | 66% (733) |
| 2010-11 | 1,416 | 90 | 15.7:1 | 61% (860) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 59 | 18.9:1 | 49% (550) |
| 1990-91 | 1,143 | 74 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school in PINELLAS, located in LARGO, Florida. Its 910 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
The PINELLAS system has 151 schools and 87,955 students.
At FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 36%. It is also 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Pinellas County is roughly 74% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.0:1. That is close to the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 55%. The rate at public schools in Pinellas County averages 45%, lower than here.
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.8% for FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 50.5%, 3.2 points below the prediction.
Pinellas County has about 963,481 residents, and the median household income is $72,646, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Pinellas County has 155 public schools and roughly 87,955 students.
The closest other public school is PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 1,107 in 2020-21 to 910 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 20.9 in 2020-21 to 19.0 in 2024-25.
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Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in LARGO
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,691 students
- PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCEElementary · 817 students
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · 764 students
- LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- OAKHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 677 students
Nearby schools
- PINELLAS PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,691
- CROSS BAYOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 303
- PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 483
- PLATO ACADEMY LARGO CHARTER SCHOOL1.7 mi · 305
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.8 mi · 764
- PINELLAS JUVENILE DET CENTER2.0 mi · 55
Frequently asked questions
About FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 910 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 36% White, 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.