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Enrollment
752
Middle
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001596
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
155 8TH AVE SE, LARGO, FL 33771 · (727) 588-4600 · Pinellas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
17.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
413 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 | 255 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%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
47.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 46.2% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 752 | 54.9% | 47.1% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 858 | 53.5% | 57.0% |
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 658 | 56.2% | 43.5% |
| MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 656 | 53.8% | 53.2% |
| SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL DELAND | 664 | 61.4% | 56.6% |
| WEST HERNANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 666 | 55.6% | 54.4% |
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 LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #369 of 560 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #363 of 560 ▲ 3 | #17 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #359 of 560 ▼ 32 | #15 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 752 | #329 of 584 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #120 of 547 | #5 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #41 of 553 | #5 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #237 of 565 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #280 of 379 | #17 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
752
-119 (-14%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,210
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 752 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 55% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 63% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 44 | 20.1:1 | 66% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 49 | 17.8:1 | 65% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 45 | 18.0:1 | 70% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 63% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 58 | 16.1:1 | 68% (630) |
| 2000-01 | 1,336 | 62 | 21.6:1 | 42% (564) |
| 1990-91 | 1,210 | 64 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in LARGO, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 752 students.
PINELLAS is the local district for LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 151 schools with 87,955 students.
White students form the largest group at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 40% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Pinellas County residents are about 74% White. The chance that two students picked at random at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
The school has about 17.5 students per teacher and 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Pinellas County.
The allk12 Grade for LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 53.6%. LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 47.1%, 6.5 points below that line.
Pinellas County has about 963,481 residents, and median household income is about $72,646, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 155 public schools in Pinellas County, with a combined enrollment of about 87,955.
The school nearest to LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 871 in 2020-21 and 752 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 910 students
- PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCEElementary · 817 students
- PINELLAS PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · 764 students
- OAKHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 677 students
Nearby schools
- DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL0.7 mi · 395
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,058
- MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 515
- FUGUITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 464
- RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 438
- PLATO SEMINOLE1.5 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 752 students in grades 06-08.
Is LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 17.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 27% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINELLAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.