Stewart Middle Magnet, 1125 W. Spruce St.: grades 6 to 8, 673 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.
Stewart Middle Magnet is the Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 1125 W. Spruce St., inside Tampa city limits.
Who to call
- Front office: 813-276-5691, 1125 W. Spruce St., Tampa, FL 33607
- School website: hillsboroughschools.org/o/stewart
- 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 | 1125 W. Spruce St., Tampa, FL 33607 |
| Phone | 813-276-5691 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| State school number | 29-0284 |
Principal
Principal Baretta Wilson, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 673 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 944 students, so it is 71% full by the district’s measure.
- Federal count: 793 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 37 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 21 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 (60% 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: 59%
- Science: 50%
- Social studies: 67%
It lists 99.7% 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, 29,270 (13.8%) fall inside Stewart 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: B.T. Washington Elementary (56%), Graham Elementary (25%) and Tampa Bay Boulevard Elementary (13%).
- High school: it splits between Blake High (50%), Hillsborough High (28%), Middleton High (16%) and Plant High (7%).
Approved changes for 2027-28: Two School Board decisions approved April 7, 2026, change Stewart’s zone for 2027-28: sixth- to eighth-graders in the former Madison zone east of Dale Mabry Highway and north of State Road 60 are reassigned to Stewart, and part of Stewart’s current zone moves to the new Young Middle Magnet zone, according to the district’s adopted boundary changes.
Programs
The district’s magnet list gives Stewart Middle Magnet’s magnet program as Science/Technology/Engineering/Math, 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 8:25 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 Stewart Middle Magnet serve?
Grades 6 to 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school at 1125 W. Spruce St. in Tampa.
What is Stewart Middle Magnet’s school grade?
Stewart Middle Magnet earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 60% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.
Which high school does Stewart Middle Magnet feed into?
Its zone splits between Blake High (50%), Hillsborough High (28%), Middleton High (16%) and Plant High (7%) by 2020 Census residents, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.
What time does Stewart Middle Magnet start?
Classes run 8:25 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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