MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 5601 W LUTZ LAKE FERN RD, in LUTZ, Florida, MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier junior high that hosts 1,104 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within HILLSBOROUGH. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

HILLSBOROUGH comprises 300 schools with combined enrollment of 221,318 students; MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 23% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.2%, the actual is 81.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

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

Nearest neighbor: STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 72.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 7%, going from 1,189 students in 2018 to 1,104 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.