SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a small middle school in TAMPA, Florida, SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 595 students from grades 6 through 8, part of HILLSBOROUGH. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% White, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Around the school, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. SERGEANT PAUL R SMITH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 748 (now 595). Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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