Franklin Middle Magnet, 3915 E. 21st Ave.: grades 6 to 8, 206 students in 2026-27, a C 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.

Franklin Middle Magnet is the Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 3915 E. 21st Ave., inside Tampa city limits.

Who to call
Address 3915 E. 21st Ave., Tampa, FL 33605
Phone 813-744-8108
Grades 6 to 8
District Hillsborough County Public Schools
State school number 29-1542

Principal

Principal Brent Williams, according to the school’s staff directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 206 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 937 students, so it is 22% full by the district’s measure.
  • Federal count: 327 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 20 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 16 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 C (54% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 C

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

  • English language arts: 52%
  • Math: 53%
  • Science: 34%
  • Social studies: 59%

It lists 98.4% 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.

Admission

Franklin Middle Magnet has no attendance zone. It is a magnet school: the district’s magnet list gives its program as Cambridge International School, Boys Preparatory Academy (BPA) (the whole school), with entry by lottery-based application. Families apply through the district’s School Choice office, 813-272-4692; placement depends on eligibility, open seats and a lottery when one is needed, according to the district.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 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 Franklin Middle Magnet serve?

Grades 6 to 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school at 3915 E. 21st Ave. in Tampa.

What is Franklin Middle Magnet’s school grade?

Franklin Middle Magnet earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 54% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.

What time does Franklin Middle Magnet start?

Classes run 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.