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Enrollment
660
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087003404
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
10735 RAULERSON RANCH RD, TAMPA, FL 33367 · (813) 450-3518 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
15 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 220 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 219 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%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
90.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
91.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.7% | 91.9% |
| 2023-24 | 88.7% | 94.7% |
% 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
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 660 | 2.3% | 89.0% |
| JULIA LANDON COLLEGE PREPARATORY & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT S JACKSONVILLE | 895 | 14.4% | 84.2% |
| SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL SANFORD | 1,385 | 42.8% | 69.3% |
| WILLIAMS MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 856 | 35.2% | 75.0% |
| ORLANDO GIFTED ACADEMY ORLANDO | 442 | 12.0% | 98.1% |
| BENITO MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 903 | 28.7% | 66.2% |
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 TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #11 of 560 | #1 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.9% | #15 of 560 ▼ 9 | #2 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #10 of 560 ▼ 2 | #1 of 43 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #403 of 584 | #31 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #476 of 547 | #29 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #47 of 553 | #7 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.3% | #563 of 565 | #43 of 43 |
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
660
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+315% since 2000-01, when it was 159
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 660 | 29.8 | 22.1:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 51 | 12.9:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | N/A | N/A | 6% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in TAMPA, Florida, is TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle school. The latest federal count shows 660 students in grades 6 through 8.
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL falls under HILLSBOROUGH, which has 300 schools enrolling 221,318 students.
The most common group at TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is Asian students, at 46%. Other groups include 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 5% Asian. TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 22.1:1. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 22.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 2%. The rate at public schools in Hillsborough County averages 43%, higher than here.
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 89.0% and a predicted 80.0%.
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Hillsborough County, where the median household income is $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hillsborough County has 319 other public schools.
DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 660, close to the 656 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 18.2 to 22.1 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 TAMPA
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,398 students
- PLANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,391 students
- TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,181 students
- WHARTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,130 students
- GAITHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,040 students
Nearby schools
- DR KIRAN C PATEL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 639
- DR. KIRAN C. PATEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 510
- LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 546
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 484
- GRECO MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 764
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY2.0 mi · 5,748
Frequently asked questions
About TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 23% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 46% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TERRACE COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.