GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL

GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, an average-sized middle school in TEMPLE TERRACE, Florida, one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH, serves 764 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

Demographically, GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.3%; actual is 30.2%, a gap of -15.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

The closest other public school is LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 687 (now 764). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 59% to 48%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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