LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in LARGO, Florida, LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized junior high, run under PINELLAS. It teaches 752 students across grades 6 through 8.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pinellas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 155 public schools in Pinellas County (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students).

DROPOUT PREVENTION SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 7%, going from 812 students in 2018 to 752 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 17% to 24% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.