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Enrollment
686
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004088
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
9325 GOVERNORS RUN DR, SEFFNER, FL 33584 · (813) 740-4575 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
462 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 210 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
30.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 20.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 686 | 67.3% | 27.4% |
| CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 679 | 68.6% | 42.4% |
| SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 833 | 65.7% | 42.3% |
| LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL LANTANA | 819 | 65.8% | 35.3% |
| AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL AVON PARK | 600 | 70.3% | 42.9% |
| DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 804 | 64.9% | 44.4% |
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 JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #559 of 560 | #43 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #507 of 560 ▲ 50 | #35 of 43 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #526 of 560 ▲ 24 | #37 of 43 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #386 of 584 | #30 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #245 of 547 | #4 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #140 of 553 | #18 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #80 of 565 | #9 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #179 of 379 | #9 of 24 |
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
686
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 928
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 686 | 36.2 | 19.0:1 | 67% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 37.5 | 20.2:1 | 76% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 39.5 | 20.1:1 | 80% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 94% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 50 | 16.2:1 | 92% (745) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 89% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 928 | 60 | 15.5:1 | 82% (761) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in SEFFNER, Florida, reachable at (813) 740-4575. It teaches 686 students in grades 6 through 8.
HILLSBOROUGH is the local district for JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 300 schools with 221,318 students.
The biggest share of students at JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 44%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 34% Black, 18% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hillsborough County's population at about 30%. The diversity index for JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 19.0:1 is based on 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is similar, at 19.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 67%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 47.4%, so the school is 20.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hillsborough County show that median household income comes to about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 320, with about 223,193 students.
Of the public schools around it, JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 686, from 725 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 19.0:1 over the same years.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in SEFFNER
- ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,278 students
- MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 636 students
- MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 526 students
- COLSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
Nearby schools
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 484
- DR. KIRAN C. PATEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 510
- THONOTOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 405
- TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 660
- DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 639
- ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,278
Frequently asked questions
About JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 686 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 18% White, 44% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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