TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the heavily attended middle-grades schools in PLANT CITY, Florida, run under HILLSBOROUGH, with 1,340 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% above the state mean of about 794.

Across the 300 schools in HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students total), TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students).

BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. TOMLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,514 (now 1,340). The White share of enrollment edged down from 41% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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