MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of reasonably sized scale in TAMPA, Florida, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH, works with 973 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 794.

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

Demographically, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WALTON ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 54%: 631 students in 2018 compared to 973 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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