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What's the most underrated thing about ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
497
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003377
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
3415 N 16TH ST, TAMPA, FL 33605 · (813) 276-5717 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
279 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 177 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 164 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 31% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 50.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 497 | 56.1% | 50.2% |
| OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL LEESBURG | 558 | 55.6% | 37.2% |
| JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 489 | 57.9% | 41.0% |
| FRANKLIN MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 327 | 53.2% | 40.6% |
| MCNICOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 580 | 54.5% | 42.0% |
| FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 437 | 55.6% | 61.8% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #330 of 560 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #312 of 560 ▲ 5 | #19 of 43 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #195 of 560 ▲ 92 | #13 of 43 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #475 of 584 | #39 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #453 of 547 | #23 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #198 of 553 | #24 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #220 of 565 | #20 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #321 of 379 | #23 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 497 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 56% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 23.5 | 20.9:1 | 63% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 68% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 82% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 73% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 56% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 67% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 50 | 12.0:1 | 34% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL.
About ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is a small middle school found in TAMPA, Florida. A total of 497 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students, so this school is 37% smaller than average.
HILLSBOROUGH operates 300 schools. Combined enrollment is 221,318 students.
By race and ethnicity, ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is 52% Black. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 17% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 16% Black among all Hillsborough County residents. By the diversity index, ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL comes in at 63%.
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL operates with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 21.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. About 56% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 43%.
allk12 grades ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is -2.8 points: 50.2% actual, 53.0% predicted.
Hillsborough County has these Census figures: median household income is about $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The public schools of Hillsborough County number 320 and enroll about 223,193.
The shortest distance from ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to LOCKHART ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL. The five-mile area around ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 517 to 497. The school's ratio rose from 19.1:1 to 21.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL0.3 mi · 376
- YOUNG MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.4 mi · 307
- FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 437
- LOMAX MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 239
- EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 303
- ESE BIRTH THRU AGE 50.9 mi · 52
Frequently asked questions
About ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLHow large is ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL serve?
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is approximately 21.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
At ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 26% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.