# TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `120156002400` - **School name**: TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL - **Location**: TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689 - **Address**: 501 N FLORIDA AVE - **District**: PINELLAS (LEAID `1201560`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Middle - **Grade range**: 6–8 - **Coordinates**: 28.15150, -82.78029 - **Phone**: (727)943-5511 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 649 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 34 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 19.1:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 46.1% ## State accountability rating - **System**: FL School Grade - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: A - **Indicators**: - overall: A ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 82.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 28.7% (187 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.8% (5 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.0% (6 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 30.2% (189 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.2% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 20.6% - **Black/African American**: 2.3% - **Asian**: 12.3% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 59.1% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 5.5% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 48.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.4% — 90 students - **English Learners**: 5.8% — 36 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 53 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 10 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 8 students - **Autism**: 1 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students - **Visual Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $11,027 - **Federal share**: $867 - **State + local share**: $10,160 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,667,582 - **Federal share**: 18.3% - **State share**: 25.1% - **Local share**: 56.7% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,792,259 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $93,906 - **Poverty rate**: 4.2% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 42.9% - **Unemployment**: 4.3% - **Median gross rent**: $1,490 - **Foreign-born residents**: 10.5% - **Single-parent households**: 5.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 1.1 miles (STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO TARPON SPRINGS) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 5 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.36 miles (LAKE BUTLER HEIGHTS) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: TARPON SPRINGS WATER SYSTEM - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2024-09-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.10203 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 14.5 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 0.68% (this school: 0.8%) - **TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE** — 2.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.8%) - **ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS** — 3.0 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.8%) - **SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 4.2 mi away, 0.46% (this school: 0.8%) - **PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS** — 4.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.8%) ### ela proficiency - **TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.5 mi away, 66% (this school: 62%) - **SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 67.5% (this school: 62%) - **TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE** — 2.0 mi away, 90.5% (this school: 62%) - **ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS** — 3.0 mi away, 94% (this school: 62%) - **SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 4.2 mi away, 74% (this school: 62%) ### math proficiency - **SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 75% (this school: 66%) - **TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE** — 2.0 mi away, 90% (this school: 66%) - **ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS** — 3.0 mi away, 100% (this school: 66%) - **SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 4.2 mi away, 82% (this school: 66%) - **PLATO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS** — 4.6 mi away, 75% (this school: 66%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs - **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/performance - **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/context - **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/tarpon-springs-middle-school-tarpon-springs/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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