McLane Middle School

McLane Middle School is a public middle school located in Brandon, Florida, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 817. The school is part of the Hillsborough School District, which is ranked 45 out of 68 districts in Florida and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

McLane Middle School faces significant challenges, including a student population that is predominantly African American (47.61%) and Hispanic (32.56%), high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 50.7% to 65.0%, and consistently low academic performance on standardized tests compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, McLane's proficiency rates were 49% in EOC/Algebra 1, 38% in EOC/Civics, and only 22-34% in FAST/English Language Arts and Math, compared to the district and state averages of 54-56% and 47-54%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 74.17% to 88.83%, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

While some nearby schools, such as Rodgers Middle Magnet, Progress Village Middle Magnet, and Mulrennan Middle School, perform significantly better than McLane Middle School on various metrics, other nearby schools, like Jennings Middle, Giunta Middle, and Mann Middle, also struggle with low test scores and high chronic absenteeism rates, suggesting broader challenges within the Hillsborough School District.