HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in TAMPA, Florida, operated by HILLSBOROUGH, with 820 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 42% of students at HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

ESSRIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 953 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 33% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.