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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,373
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004354
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
16510 FISHHAWK BLVD, LITHIA, FL 33547 · (813) 740-3900 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
196 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 | 466 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 435 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 472 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL→NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
87.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 87.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 84.0% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
| CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,365 | 17.1% | 67.8% |
| PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,481 | 19.5% | 76.6% |
| INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL JUPITER | 1,236 | 20.1% | 69.7% |
| BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,178 | 11.2% | 77.9% |
| COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 860 | 13.0% | 80.8% |
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 RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #44 of 560 | #5 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #37 of 560 ▲ 9 | #5 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #40 of 560 ▼ 3 | #6 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,373 | #20 of 584 | #2 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #427 of 547 | #19 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #304 of 553 | #31 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #546 of 565 | #41 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #319 of 379 | #22 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
1,373
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 1,049
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,373 | 65 | 21.1:1 | 14% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 1,361 | 65 | 20.9:1 | 15% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 1,409 | 63 | 22.4:1 | 17% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 1,326 | 76 | 17.4:1 | 17% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 1,441 | 77 | 18.7:1 | 16% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 1,405 | 75 | 18.7:1 | 13% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 1,343 | 76 | 17.7:1 | 10% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 1,049 | 56 | 18.7:1 | 14% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school in LITHIA, Florida, (ZIP code 33547). The student body numbers 1,373 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
HILLSBOROUGH (300 schools, 221,318 students) runs RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
At RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 62% of the student body. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 51% White. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.1:1, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 14%. That is lower than the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.8% is 3.8 points above the 74.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Hillsborough County this way: the median household income is $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Hillsborough County has 320 public schools and roughly 223,193 students.
NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,373, a 4% rise from 1,326 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 21.1 students per teacher, compared with 17.4 in 2020-21.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in LITHIA
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,345 students
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 867 students
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 826 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Other Randall Middle schools
One other US public school is named Randall Middle. RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLCORTLAND, NY · 272 students
Nearby schools
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 3,157
- FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 921
- BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 826
- LITHIA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 609
- CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 789
- DURANT HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 2,504
Frequently asked questions
About RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,373 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 21.1:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 62% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.