Burnett Middle School in Seffner | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	3/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education, and using 2025 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking data from Florida Department of Education.
Student Growth	3/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Florida Department of Education.

Posted: August 10, 2026

First day of school was an absolute mess. My child came home and told me about fights and even got hurt first day.
I'm currently looking into principal and going to be reporting and investigating, recording and documenting everything.. This school is being failed year after year I think it's time for a new principal new staff! Obviously nothing is being done to stop the violence here. This school is dangerous and getting worse each year.

Posted: August 10, 2026

Posted: September 25, 2025

I think as a studentt it's a good school this year

Posted: December 8, 2024

Open house was an eye-opener that the school was gross and not taken care of, as there as garbage and roaches in the hallway. My son's principal has no presence in the school outside of communications where cannot complete a full sentence. My son claims he has seen and heard of more school fights in 4 months than I have in my entire time in middle school and high school. This is an unacceptable downgrade from our experience with Hillsborough County Elementary schools, and I regret not putting my son in a middle school elsewhere sooner.

Posted: December 8, 2024

Posted: August 15, 2024

This school is the worse ever! Unfortunately, I can not switch my child to another school because of work. Not only was my son bullied everyday and the school does nothing. My son has to be the one that gets moved from all his classes instead of the bullies so he can actually concentrate on his classes. No one ever answer calls to the front office. For a week now he has to get rides home because he doesn't have a bus pass but every kid that lives in our area have one. And when someone finally answers, it's like call transportation, and transportation says, call Burnett! I'm so sick of this school.

Posted: August 15, 2024

Posted: September 18, 2023

I wouldnt recommend this school to any parent that has a 6-8 grader.

Posted: September 18, 2023

Posted: May 21, 2023

Physically not a safe school. our child had actual violence and threats of violence daily before we removed them. Academics are bare minimum at best. School has a lot of violent hold backs who need forced out of the school before anything will change at the schoo.

Posted: May 20, 2023

This school is horrible the teachers and staff all work together to make your child feel unwanted they are bullies no positive actions to make children feel good about them self if your child was normal they won't be after going to this school definitely will need concil ING the principle is very rude and unprofessional puts on a fake front glad my child is out of there 3 yrs of hell.

Posted: May 20, 2023

Posted: November 15, 2022

Unqualified schools will not do anything to to
discipline students teachers or just putting
accusations out there and not teaching
definitely would recommend home school if
you want your student to have an actual
chance of passing

Posted: November 15, 2022

Posted: May 25, 2021

this school. is awful. Probably the worst ive ever seen. Racism and bullying across the board. Needs to be shut down.

Posted: May 25, 2021

Posted: October 22, 2019

The school does not care about anything or anyone of their students

Posted: October 22, 2019

The teachers do not care about there students. They do not help there students what so ever.

Posted: October 22, 2019

If respect meaning teachers blame students for everything and cant take any responsibility in anything that goes on inside the school

Posted: October 22, 2019

They couldnt lead anything if they wanted too.

Posted: October 22, 2019

The school only cares about the kids with disabilities and tell the students that on there first day of school

Posted: October 22, 2019

They allow it and look the other way

Posted: October 22, 2019

I would rate this school as one of the worst school my kids have ever attended. The fact that this school does not want parents to be involved is proof there. I have asked countless amount of times to each one of my kids teachers and they say that the law requires them to only give it 2 weeks then they dont do it for 3 months and your child has failed. Horrible.

Posted: January 29, 2019

My two boys were on there way to school on the bus when another student was harassing and kicking and stepping on my son's after the fact he told him to leave me alone numerous of times, his brother then stood up on the bus and said that's my brother and leave him alone. Might I not add that both of my boys have autism. This other boy stepped on my son's foot and my son then hit him. One of my boys out of the two was suspended off the bus for 3 days, is this Fair? Nothing happened with the other boy that started the whole problem. Do you think this is right?

Posted: January 29, 2019

Unreliable, unsafe for the kids with autism.

Posted: March 26, 2018

This school is a joke. My daughter cannot return due to her own safety and the fact the school covers for horrid kids

Posted: March 26, 2018

The sweep bullying under the rug. My daughter neck was sprained, back sprained, pelvis sprained and they put the girl through a nonviolent diversion program, refused to prosecute, refused to label it bullying....

Posted: March 26, 2018

We could not return due to severely unsafe conditions. They are absolutely non tolerant of the word bullying, yet remarkably tolerant of the action. The assistant principle is hands down the worst kind of person to put with kids. She very clearly did not like my daughter and clearly took 30 minutes walking around why she does or doesn't like her when asked. The bullys mom is a school worker. We have to now get a lawyer to fight for homework so she doesn't fail. If you have any choice NEVER put your child in this school!

Posted: March 20, 2018

0 they do not stop bullying at this school. Never contact parents until parents contact them. Allow battery with no arrest or punishment on a disabled child! Absolutely worst school ever!

Posted: July 31, 2017

They explain in details on how to properly complete the assignment

Posted: July 31, 2017

Thy help me to be a better student and a better person

Posted: July 31, 2017

Everyone is respectful uses manners an was very kind to me

Posted: July 31, 2017

Everyone takes actions and stands up for what they believe in

Posted: July 31, 2017

I absolutley adore this school and I will always love it thanks Burnett for being a terrific school for me

Posted: July 29, 2016

This school is a great way to express your self and make wonderful friends and meet wonderful teachers.

Posted: July 31, 2014

I hate this school so much! They're so mean to you here! You don't get to be in the parties or anything! Worst school year ever!

Posted: July 31, 2014

I am very glad I am not going to this school anymore. I have to agree with my friend below me, they don't let you do anything, like parties or anything, they are just so unfair. I can't STAND most of the people here. -Salina

Posted: June 5, 2014

My son has attended this school for the past 2 years and we have decided to move as this school is only trouble. My son's attitude has completely changed since he has been going to this school, especially this year. He has changed in order to defend himself from all the bullying he encountered last year. My daughter went there for one year and graduated to high school. She says is absolutely horrible. There is fights daily. They have a lot of gangs and many students have failed 2 or 3 times still in middle school when they should be either juniors or seniors and staff has no idea this is happening. For all these reasons i chose to go back to my old neighborhood and have my kids go to good schools

Posted: December 11, 2013

My child currently attends this school. It has been challenging getting him through the school year. Kids are bused in from Grant Park, a lower socioeconomic neighborhood of the county. Most of the kids from that area have failed and continue to fail. Their main objective is to incite an altercation and bully the kids that are there to learn. Don't enroll your child at this school if you can help it.

Posted: November 22, 2011

im in burnett middle school its a great school send ur child here today like i said itz wonderful :-)

Posted: August 6, 2011

Three of our six combined children have attended Burnett. I know that the teachers and staff are doing thier best to educate and teach the students to the best of thier ability. Our son is in the 7th going on to the eighth and he has maintained a solid a-b average the past two years. I believe that the staff at Burnett has projected the quality of leadership that the school system needs. I attended McLane (many years ago!) and the fact that confrontations will happen, is a fact of life just in a more consolidated area. The parental responsibilty to raise and guide our future leaders has slipped away from the focus through the years. We all need to trust and depend on the staff to help us identify and correct any issues that the growing up process may have for our children and thier sudents. I would give Burnett Middle school an A+ for the transition period in these students and young peoples life! Gary Perkins

Posted: May 12, 2011

I am diappointed to hear the bad remarks about Burnett..My child will be attending burnett this coming year, 6th grade. I toured the school and was told it was a safe and non violent school. I even turned down a very good charter school to be able send my child to a middle school that I thought would be a better experience for him. I think that the bullying needs to stop in every school. I was bullied as a kid, I am now 43, and it has long lasting effects on a person. It is uncalled for and will get you no where in life, but regrets that you did it as you grow older. Please start to think of what you say to a person before saying it and remember, would you like to be treated in that same manner?

Posted: May 10, 2011

I'm currently a student at Burnett , in the 7th grade. The only thing i like about this school is the 6th graders being on a different schedule than the 7th and 8th. Meaning , the 6th grade has no classes with the other grades. I would like it more if they didnt mix 7th and 8th graders in classes together. Most of the 8th graders are rude and slightly intimidating. I wouldnt reccomend this school to anyone... unless your okay with the drama students start up which usually lead to fights. Fights... There has been MANY fights this year. Food fights never happen anymore, instead students would rather throw punches. This School has so much drama, it is unbelievable. Any student would be miserable with the amount of drama and bullying at this school. Also, the teachers could care less about the students and parents. Basically, the student body is out of control. Too much bullying going on behind closed doors. Even in some of my classes a student would be saying hurtful things, or picking on their classmates without the teacher caring. Sometimes the teacher gets picked on too. Its crazy! If i had a choice, I wouldnt attend Burnett. Heck, I would rather attend Brandon Alternative.

Posted: March 2, 2011

I am currently in the 8th grade at Burnett, and I am ready to leave this school. Sure, the teachers are great and all, the administration is okay, and the food is way better than Colson Elementary, BUT the student body is seriously oh seriously jacked up. If you are a caring parent,pleasedo not send your child here unless you enjoy fights, bad language, smoking, and other whatnot. btw, if you dontbelieve me, I was here and I lived throughit.

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MacDill AFB	16.4 mi.
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Seffner, FL 33584

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