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Hill Middle School

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Hill Middle School ranks 671 st of 1216 Florida middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

671^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,216 Florida Middle Schools

Better than 45% of Florida middle schools

Summary

Hill Middle School in Tampa, FL, serves 820 students in grades 6-8 and is part of the Hillsborough school district, a mid-sized district ranked 45th out of 70 in the state. The school has a moderate level of economic diversity, with 42.2% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and has consistently performed as an average school over the past decade, currently earning a 2-star rating and ranking in the 45th percentile statewide.

Hill Middle School's most notable strength is its exceptional performance in advanced math, with Algebra 1 and Geometry End-of-Course exam proficiency rates far exceeding district and state averages—88% and 94% respectively in the latest year. However, this creates a "tale of two math programs": while advanced math thrives, grade-level math proficiency is inconsistent, with a critical and persistent weakness in 7th-grade math, where only 27% of students are proficient compared to 53% statewide. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, with a rate of 35.2% that is higher than both the district and state averages. In civics, performance is a relative weakness, with 77% proficiency matching the state average but lagging behind top-performing nearby schools like Farnell Middle School (89%) and Martinez Middle School (96%).

Geographically, Hill Middle School sits in a highly polarized neighborhood, surrounded by some of the highest-performing middle schools in the state, such as Walker Middle Magnet School and Martinez Middle (both 5-star, 97th+ percentile), and some of the lowest-performing, like Buchanan Middle School and Sligh Middle School (both 1-star). Interestingly, Hill's per-student spending of $10,348 is higher than these top-performing schools, suggesting that its challenges—such as high absenteeism and the 7th-grade math slump—are not due to a lack of funding but may require targeted instructional and support strategies to close the gap with its high-achieving neighbors.

820

Students ?

19.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,348

Per pupil spending ?

42.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5200 Ehrlich Rd
Tampa, FL 33624

(813) 975-7325

District: Hillsborough

Feeder schools for Hill Middle School:

Elementary:	Claywell Elementary School
	Essrig Elementary School
	Northwest Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

56.5%

White:

26.2%

African American:

8.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 61st percentile in 2016 → 45th in 2026

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school61%

District avg58%

Florida avg62%

671^st of 1,216

Florida public middle schools ?

Bottom 45%▼ down 16 pts since 2016

From top 39% (2016) to bottom 45% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 41Middle Schools in the Hillsborough

45^th of 70Hillsborough among Florida districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Florida percentile	Rating
2026	46.6	671 of 1216	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.0	658 of 1205	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.5	523 of 1196	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.3	532 of 1177	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.1	586 of 1148	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.1	537 of 1136	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.2	468 of 1099	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.1	474 of 1035	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	54.5	461 of 1031	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	58.3	390 of 997	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2014	58.5	407 of 999	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	51.9	464 of 956	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2012	55.6	410 of 897	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	62.9	343 of 891	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	70.8	246 of 839	70.7%	★★★★☆
2009	73.1	206 of 780	73.6%	★★★★☆
2008	71.8	202 of 740	72.7%	★★★★☆
2007	79.9	121 of 736	83.6%	★★★★☆
2006	76.7	141 of 675	79.1%	★★★★☆
2005	80.6	98 of 602	83.7%	★★★★☆
2004	78.9	107 of 593	82.0%	★★★★☆

By subject vs Florida (2025-2026) ?

Algebra 188%+25 vs state

Civics77%~ state avg

Math58%~ state avg

English Language Arts55%-6 vs state

Science53%~ state avg

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by a student
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Words can not explain how disgusting this school is. The administration is rude and disrespectful to teachers, parents, and students. Almost every faculty member is close minded with no respect for themselves or other. The students are the worst parent of this school. This school is in the heart of one of the best neighborhoods but the student act like they are from the middle of the hood. And some of them lie about their address and really do come from the hood with has a big part on others behavior there. This school is also not well kept, their are roaches and bugs everywhere, many students play disgusting pranks like put poop on the bathroom floor and hallway walls. The influence of other students also effect the quality of this school. Many students bring drugs and other dangers inside of this school and the faculty has no clue about it because the are too busy worrying about thing that do not need to be worried about. Honestly it doesn't get any worse than Ben Hill. Your child will hate everything about this school and you are better off putting them in a private school, or one of the actually good schools near Ben Hill such as Walker or Martinez Middle School. I am a student there and have been since the 6th grade, i am currently at the end of my 8th grade year, and i can tell you personally it is truly a horrible school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				FAST English Language Arts (2026)			FAST Math (2026)			Statewide Science Science (2026)	EOC Algebra 1 (2026)	EOC Geometry (2026)	EOC Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	FAST English Language Arts 6th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 7th Grade	FAST English Language Arts 8th Grade	FAST Math 6th Grade	FAST Math 7th Grade	FAST Math 8th Grade	Statewide Science Science 8th Grade	EOC Algebra 1 End of Course	EOC Geometry End of Course	EOC Civics End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	5200 Ehrlich Rd	Tampa	33624	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 975-7325	820	42	19.3	42.2%	215 (26.2%)	72 (8.8%)	463 (56.5%)	29 (3.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.6%)	46.6	671^st of 1216 public middle schools	44.8%		46	658^th of 1205 public middle schools	45.4%	13	58.0	50.0	57.0	58.0	27.0	71.0	53.0	88.0		77.0	$10,348	$1,137	$9,210
Sergeant Paul R Smith Middle School	Public	6-8	14303 Citrus Pointe Dr	Tampa	33625	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 792-5125	595	31	18.9	51.4%	101 (17.0%)	38 (6.4%)	396 (66.6%)	37 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.7%)	40.8	759^th of 1216 public middle schools	37.6%		52.4	558^th of 1205 public middle schools	53.7%	201	44.0	59.0	54.0	50.0	24.0	67.0	47.0	91.0	92.0	68.0	$11,712	$1,440	$10,272
Walker Middle Magnet School	Public, Magnet	6-8	8282 N Mobley Rd	Odessa	33556	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	Yes	No	No	(813) 631-4726	1,039	50	20.8	20.9%	415 (39.9%)	37 (3.6%)	369 (35.5%)	139 (13.4%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (6.9%)	92.8	37^th of 1216 public middle schools	97.0%		94.2	34^th of 1205 public middle schools	97.2%	3	87.0	87.0	90.0	95.0		97.0	80.0	98.0	100.0	94.0	$9,692	$771	$8,920
Buchanan Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 W Bearss Ave	Tampa	33613	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 975-7600	928	41	22.4	62.7%	86 (9.3%)	222 (23.9%)	571 (61.5%)	13 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.7%)	15.8	1082^nd of 1216 public middle schools	11.0%		17.7	1038^th of 1205 public middle schools	13.9%	44	31.0	36.0	31.0	41.0	24.0	48.0	28.0	65.0		40.0	$9,574	$1,286	$8,288
Davidsen Middle School	Public	6-8	10501 Montague St	Tampa	33626	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 558-5300	969	45	21.7	48.8%	193 (19.9%)	44 (4.5%)	673 (69.5%)	35 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (2.4%)	36.3	828^th of 1216 public middle schools	31.9%		30.6	880^th of 1205 public middle schools	27.0%	52	51.0	54.0	46.0	50.0	32.0	60.0	46.0	88.0	94.0	64.0	$9,773	$1,333	$8,439
Martinez Middle School	Public	6-8	5601 W Lutz Lake Fern Rd	Lutz	33558	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 558-1190	1,104	50	22.2	15.9%	605 (54.8%)	37 (3.4%)	257 (23.3%)	126 (11.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	75 (6.8%)	90.2	69^th of 1216 public middle schools	94.3%		91.2	64^th of 1205 public middle schools	94.7%	5	83.0	86.0	83.0	90.0	67.0	92.0	81.0	99.0		96.0	$8,592	$530	$8,063
Webb Middle School	Public	6-8	6035 Hanley Rd	Tampa	33634	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 872-5351	782	34	23.3	62.0%	43 (5.5%)	50 (6.4%)	658 (84.1%)	11 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.6%)	20.9	1027^th of 1216 public middle schools	15.5%		21.1	987^th of 1205 public middle schools	18.1%	40	39.0	24.0	44.0	39.0	21.0	46.0	42.0	92.0		42.0	$9,344	$1,401	$7,942
Pierce Middle School	Public	6-8	5511 N Hesperides St	Tampa	33614	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	Yes	(813) 872-5344	858	39	22.0	67.4%	41 (4.8%)	77 (9.0%)	719 (83.8%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)	15.2	1088^th of 1216 public middle schools	10.5%		15.7	1064^th of 1205 public middle schools	11.7%	24	38.0	31.0	36.0	48.0	20.0	43.0	18.0	93.0		53.0	$10,185	$1,655	$8,530
Farnell Middle School	Public	6-8	13912 Nine Eagles Dr	Tampa	33626	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	No	No	No	No	(813) 356-1640	1,184	50	23.7	20.9%	602 (50.8%)	50 (4.2%)	289 (24.4%)	158 (13.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (7.0%)	81.7	174^th of 1216 public middle schools	85.7%		82	187^th of 1205 public middle schools	84.5%	13	82.0	78.0	71.0	81.0	50.0	85.0	73.0	97.0	100.0	89.0	$8,235	$527	$7,708
Excelsior Prep Charter Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	2156 University Square Mall	Tampa	33612	Hillsborough County	Hillsborough	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(813) 644-9060	38	2	25.3	92.1%	1 (2.6%)	16 (42.1%)	21 (55.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30.2	908^th of 1216 public middle schools	25.3%		31.7	863^rd of 1205 public middle schools	28.4%	45	50.0	50.0	43.0	48.0	61.0	50.0	0.0			56.0	$10,136	$740	$9,396

Frequently Asked Questions about Hill Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Hill Middle School?

Students at Hill Middle School are 56% Hispanic, 26% White, 9% African American, 5% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

How many students attend Hill Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 820 students attended Hill Middle School.

What district is Hill Middle School in?

Hillsborough

Is Hill Middle School a good school?

Hill Middle School ranks 671^st of 1216 Florida middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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