PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized 6-8 campus in TAMPA, Florida, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 858 students from grades 6 through 8, run under HILLSBOROUGH.

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

Demographically, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.4%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household earnings sit near $79,540, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 920 students in 2018 compared to 858 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 78% to 84%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.