MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL

As a big 9-12 campus in TAMPA, Florida, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 1,637 students from grades 9 through 12, run under HILLSBOROUGH. That puts it 58% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that hosts 221,318 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 22% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -13.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) records that median household earnings sit near $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 1,667 students in 2018 to 1,637 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 9% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 in 2025.

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