Sligh Middle Magnet, 2011 E. Sligh Ave.: grades 6 to 8, 712 students in 2026-27, a B 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.
Sligh Middle Magnet is the Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 2011 E. Sligh Ave., inside Tampa city limits.
Sligh began as Sligh Avenue Junior High School in 1949, according to the school’s history page.
Who to call
- Front office: 813-276-5596, 2011 E. Sligh Ave., Tampa, FL 33610
- School website: hillsboroughschools.org/o/sligh
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment checklist; district office 813-272-4000
- Buses: the district’s Transportation Call Center, 813-982-5500, 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays
- Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup
- Magnet and choice applications: the district’s School Choice office, 813-272-4692
| Address | 2011 E. Sligh Ave., Tampa, FL 33610 |
| Phone | 813-276-5596 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| State school number | 29-1482 |
Principal
Principal Angela Brown, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 712 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 1,044 students, so it is 68% full by the district’s measure.
- Federal count: 761 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 35 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 22 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 | B (59% 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: 45%
- Math: 56%
- Science: 43%
- Social studies: 66%
It lists 100% 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, 17,961 (8.5%) fall inside Sligh Middle Magnet’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):
- Elementary zones inside this zone: Potter Elementary (22%), Edison Elementary (20%), Foster Elementary (19%), Sheehy Elementary (19%), Robles Elementary (10%) and James Elementary (6%).
- High school: it splits between Middleton High (62%), Hillsborough High (16%), King High (12%) and Wharton High (10%).
Approved changes for 2027-28: Two School Board decisions approved April 7, 2026, change Sligh’s zone for 2027-28: part of it moves to the new Young Middle Magnet zone, and some sixth- to eighth-graders from the Sulphur Springs area are reassigned to Sligh, according to the district’s adopted boundary changes and its Sulphur Springs map.
Programs
The district’s magnet list gives Sligh Middle Magnet’s magnet program as Academy of Medical and Sports Sciences, a program within the school, with entry by lottery-based application. Students from outside the zone apply through the School Choice office.
Calendar and bell times
Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3:25 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
More on Tampa schools
- The school’s page on the district website
- Every public school in Tampa
- Our Tampa schools guide for enrolling, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Sligh Middle Magnet serve?
Grades 6 to 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school at 2011 E. Sligh Ave. in Tampa.
What is Sligh Middle Magnet’s school grade?
Sligh Middle Magnet earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 59% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.
Which high school does Sligh Middle Magnet feed into?
Its zone splits between Middleton High (62%), Hillsborough High (16%), King High (12%) and Wharton High (10%) by 2020 Census residents, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.
What time does Sligh Middle Magnet start?
Classes run 8:30 a.m. to 3:25 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.
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