Coleman Middle, 1724 S. Manhattan Ave.: grades 6 to 8, 826 students in 2026-27, an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Hillsborough County Public Schools’ 2026-27 school zones, 40th-day enrollment count, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Coleman Middle is the Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 1724 S. Manhattan Ave., inside Tampa city limits.

Who to call
Address 1724 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa, FL 33629
Phone 813-872-5335
Grades 6 to 8
District Hillsborough County Public Schools
State school number 29-0921

Principal

Principal Robert Chisholm, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 826 students on the district’s 40th-day enrollment count for 2026-27, as of Oct. 5, 2026. The same sheet gives the campus a capacity of 956 students, so it is 86% full by the district’s measure.
  • Federal count: 860 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 43 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 20 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation. The file sets an A for middle schools at 64% or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (81% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 83%
  • Math: 91%
  • Science: 86%
  • Social studies: 89%

It lists 17.3% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup, or see the district’s 2026-27 middle school zone map. Zones do not follow city limits.

Of Tampa’s 212,263 address points in the City of Tampa’s address layer, 17,341 (8.2%) fall inside Coleman Middle’s 2026-27 zone. An address point can be a house, an apartment or a business.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 zone maps with 2020 Census population (shares are of the zone’s residents):

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 9:35 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the school’s About page. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: fall break (Thanksgiving week)
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4 is also off, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
  • Friday, Feb. 12, 2027: Florida State Fair day, no school
  • Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day, no school
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break; Monday, March 29 is also off, and students return Tuesday, March 30
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day of school, a 2.5-hour early release

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Coleman Middle serve?

Grades 6 to 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school at 1724 S. Manhattan Ave. in Tampa.

What is Coleman Middle’s school grade?

Coleman Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 81% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Which high school does Coleman Middle feed into?

Its whole attendance zone is zoned for Plant High, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.

What time does Coleman Middle start?

Classes run 9:35 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.