TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 501 N FLORIDA AVE, in TARPON SPRINGS, Florida, TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment junior high that teaches 649 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by PINELLAS.

Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Pinellas County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 59.7%.

In the area at large, Pinellas County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 649). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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