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TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at 2375 66TH ST N, in ST PETERSBURG, Florida, TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized junior high that teaches 799 students (grades 6 through 8), run under PINELLAS.
Across the 151 schools in PINELLAS (87,955 students total), TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pinellas County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 57.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pinellas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,646 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
AZALEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TYRONE MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 9%, going from 882 students in 2018 to 799 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 48% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.
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Pinellas County at a glance
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