MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL

Located at 4716 W MONTGOMERY AVE, in TAMPA, Florida, MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is a tight-knit 6-8 campus that instructs 344 students (grades 6 through 8), part of HILLSBOROUGH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that caters to 221,318 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.4%; MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL posts 31.0%, -16.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, Hillsborough County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,540 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LANIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.0%.

MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at MONROE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL has fell 14%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 344 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 30% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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