The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in English language arts. The lowest is 28% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Memorial Middle School
Memorial Middle School sits on North Central Avenue in Tampa's 33603 zip code, a neighborhood that straddles the boundary between Tampa Heights and the city's older inner-ring residential fabric. The school serves grades six through eight as a regular public middle school within Hillsborough County's large, district-wide system.
The academic picture here warrants honest attention. Florida's FAST assessments, reported for the most recent school year, show proficiency rates across all three grade levels in both math and ELA that fall well below the state midpoint. Sixth grade math is the strongest result in the set, with less than half of students scoring proficient. Seventh grade math is markedly lower, with only a small fraction reaching proficiency. ELA results across all three grades cluster in roughly the same range, with fewer than a third of students meeting the bar at any grade level. Eighth grade science follows a similar pattern. These are the school's own reported numbers, and they are low across the board. A parent whose child is at or near grade level in literacy and math will want to ask the school directly about how instruction is structured, what intervention or acceleration pathways look like, and what support students at different readiness levels actually receive. The comparison fact-set for Hillsborough County schools could not be applied here because the county's comparison universe contains only one district, so no peer ranking is possible.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black students making up a meaningful secondary share and smaller numbers of white and multiracial students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this firmly among high-poverty urban middle schools. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not reported, so those populations' size and service structures are not part of this picture. No program or course access information was available for the school.
The housing market surrounding the school reflects Tampa's broader position: home values in the immediate zip code are moderately above both the Florida state benchmark and national midpoint, though they have dipped slightly year over year. Rents are running near a third of the national median household income, making affordability a real constraint for many families in the area. Homeowners in Hillsborough County should also know that voters approved a school property tax levy in late 2024, now in effect through mid-2029, that adds a modest but real annual cost as a supplement to teacher and staff pay. Publicly reported accounts put that extra cost at roughly the equivalent of one mill on assessed home value.
The district also carried out a large-scale boundary rezoning for the 2024-25 school year, affecting dozens of schools and potentially shifting a substantial number of students to different assignments. Families new to the area should verify that their specific address feeds to Memorial rather than assuming historical zone lines still apply.
Tampa itself offers a varied urban context. The North Central Avenue corridor is removed from the more affluent zones of South Tampa or the active downtown riverfront, though the Riverwalk, Curtis Hixon Park, and the broader HART transit network are accessible by bus. Walkability in this part of the city is uneven. The city is in an active development phase, particularly in the downtown and Ybor City areas nearby, driven by projects like Water Street Tampa and the emerging Gasworx district, though that growth is concentrated in commercial and high-end residential rather than the school's immediate neighborhood.
No program offerings, attendance data, staffing ratios, or chronic absenteeism rates were available for Memorial Middle School, so the picture here is built primarily on assessment results and demographic and economic context. The academic results alone are a signal worth taking seriously, and a conversation with the school about its trajectory, its supports, and what it looks like year to year would be a natural first step for any family weighing this option.
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