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Enrollment
1,039
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087008049
WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
8282 N MOBLEY RD, ODESSA, FL 33556 · (813) 631-4726 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,039 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
217 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 376 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 336 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%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
87.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
94.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.4% | 94.7% |
| 2023-24 | 84.4% | 90.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 1,039 | 20.9% | 86.8% |
| FARNELL MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 1,184 | 20.9% | 72.5% |
| BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WEST PALM BEACH | 1,246 | 19.7% | 94.3% |
| MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL LUTZ | 1,104 | 15.9% | 81.0% |
| DR. JOHN LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,496 | 18.4% | 77.5% |
| AVALON MIDDLE ORLANDO | 791 | 15.3% | 74.7% |
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 WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #15 of 560 | #2 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.7% | #9 of 560 ▲ 5 | #1 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #13 of 560 ▲ 4 | #2 of 43 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,039 | #126 of 584 | #10 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #408 of 547 | #15 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #69 of 553 | #11 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #519 of 565 | #38 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #92 of 137 | #10 of 15 |
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
1,039
+15 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,039 | 49.9 | 20.8:1 | 21% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 1,007 | 51 | 19.8:1 | 21% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 1,019 | 53.5 | 19.1:1 | 30% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 1,024 | 58 | 17.7:1 | 39% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 975 | 62 | 15.7:1 | 34% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 1,012 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 35% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL.
About WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL
At 8282 N MOBLEY RD in ODESSA, Florida, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized middle school. School enrollment was 1,039 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students.
District-wide, HILLSBOROUGH has 300 schools and 221,318 students.
Enrollment at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 40%. The school is also 36% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is lower than the 51% White share among all Hillsborough County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
A ratio of 20.8:1 comes from the school's 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 21% of students at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 22 points higher.
After accounting for student poverty, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 86.8% is 16.1 points above the 70.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Hillsborough County (population about 1,522,748), median household income is about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 320 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 223,193 students.
The closest public school to WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL enrolled 1,024; in 2024-25, 1,039. The number of students per teacher rose from 17.7 to 20.8 over 4 years.
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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 ODESSA
- STARKEY RANCH K-8Elementary · 1,927 students
- HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
Nearby schools
- HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 690
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 658
- SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,398
- PLATO COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TAMPA2.3 mi · 393
- CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 514
- VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL TAMPA 6-122.4 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOLHow large is WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,039 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL serve?
WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is approximately 20.8:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
At WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL?
WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is overseen by HILLSBOROUGH in Hillsborough County.
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