WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL

WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is a mid-tier middle-grades school in ODESSA, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH. The school teaches 1,039 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL sits 31% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 70.7%; actual is 86.8%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,540, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), of which WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 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), WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALKER MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL has rose 7%, going from 975 students in 2018 to 1,039 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 29% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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