MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of compact scale in BRANDON, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, teacheing 652 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within HILLSBOROUGH, which oversees 300 schools and 221,318 students, MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 12% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.8%; this one comes in at 28.2%, -15.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. MCLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 652). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.