State/Public Middle Open

Dowdell Middle Magnet School

๐Ÿ“ 1208 Wishing Well Way, Tampa, Hillsborough County, 33619

526
Pupils
19.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Dowdell Middle Magnet School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tampa, Hillsborough County. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths.

School details

School district
Hillsborough

Enrollment & staffing

Dowdell Middle Magnet School enrolls 526 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.

Male students
267 (51%)
Female students
259 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
26.5
Student-teacher ratio
19.9:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 14% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino29756%
Black or African American13325%
White7514%
Two or more races203.8%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

402 of the school's 526 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 386 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 6โ€“8Title I

Dowdell Middle Magnet School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 19, state house district 60.

School district: HILLSBOROUGH

Dowdell Middle Magnet School is one of 309 schools in HILLSBOROUGH, based in TAMPA, Florida. The district serves 220,360 students district-wide and employs 12,405 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 526 students, Dowdell Middle Magnet School is smaller than the district average of about 713 students per school.

220,360
District students
309
Schools
12,405
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

29%
Reading proficient
23%
Math proficient
28%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Suburb - Large

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