Dr. John Long Middle, 2025 Mansfield Blvd.: grades 6-8, 1,496 students in 2024-25, an A in 2026, the feeder for Wiregrass Ranch High.
Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Pasco County Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 bell times, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), boundary maps and rezoning page, Pasco County’s address file, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory.
Dr. John Long Middle School is the Pasco County Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Mansfield Boulevard, beside Wiregrass Ranch High and Wiregrass Elementary. The district’s directory lists it as John Long Middle School. Its zone lies entirely inside the Census Bureau’s Wesley Chapel boundary and covers about 41% of the addresses there.
Who to call
- Front office: 813-346-6200, 2025 Mansfield Blvd., Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
- School website: jlms.pasco.k12.fl.us
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment page; district main line 813-794-2000. The East Side enrollment office is on the Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation campus, 32555 Innovation Drive.
- Bus questions: district Transportation call center, 813-320-2562, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays
| Address | 2025 Mansfield Blvd., Wesley Chapel, FL 33543 |
| Phone | 813-346-6200 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Pasco County Schools |
| State school number | 0086 |
| School hours | 9:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Principal
Principal Christine Wolff, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 1,496 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21 students per teacher, according to the NCES school directory.
- A year earlier: 1,409 students in 2023-24, in the same directory.
Pasco County Schools counts every school on the 10th day of the year, but its 2026-27 count is published only as countywide totals on its Enrollment Trends page: district-run schools had 2,415 fewer students than a year earlier and charter schools 1,518 more.
State report card
Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns from state test results, learning gains and, for middle schools, middle school acceleration; high schools also earn points for graduation rate and college and career acceleration, according to the Florida Department of Education. In the state’s 2026 file an A takes 64% of possible points or more for a middle school.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A (72% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | A |
| 2023-24 | A |
The same file shows an A in every year from 2022 to 2026.
The share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26, from the same file:
- English language arts: 74%
- Math: 81%
- Science: 67%
- Social studies: 87%
- Middle school acceleration: 87% (students passing high school level exams or industry certifications)
The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site, state school number 0086. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable 2026 school grades file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s 2026-27 School Boundary Search or the zone map for this school (PDF). Zones in unincorporated Pasco do not follow the Census Bureau’s Wesley Chapel boundary or ZIP codes. Comparing the district’s 2026-27 attendance boundaries with Pasco County’s address file:
- The whole zone is inside the Census Bureau’s Wesley Chapel boundary and covers about 41% of the addresses there.
- Every address in it goes on to Wiregrass Ranch High; the two zones are the same.
- By elementary zone, the John Long zone is about 47% Wiregrass Elementary, 26% Double Branch Elementary, 22% Sand Pine Elementary and 6% Denham Oaks Elementary.
- Wiregrass and Sand Pine send their whole zones here. About 53% of the Double Branch zone comes to John Long and the rest goes to Thomas E. Weightman Middle; about 12% of the Denham Oaks zone comes here and the rest goes to Cypress Creek Middle.
None of the boundary changes the School Board approved for 2026-27, listed on the district’s rezoning page, moves current students at this school.
Calendar and bell times
Classes run from 9:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with early release at 1:30 p.m., under the district’s 2026-27 approved bell times.
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF), which the School Board approved Nov. 4, 2025:
- Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students (teacher planning day)
- Wednesday, Oct. 28: early release day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a teacher planning day, so students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
- March 22-26, 2027: spring break; the last day for students is Friday, May 28, 2027
More on Wesley Chapel schools
- The school’s website
- The district’s middle school directory
- Every public school in Wesley Chapel
- Our Wesley Chapel schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does John Long Middle serve?
Grades 6 through 8. The federal directory counted 1,496 students there in the 2024-25 school year.
What is John Long Middle’s school grade?
An A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 72% of possible points. It has earned an A every year since 2022.
Which high school does John Long Middle feed into?
Wiregrass Ranch High. The two schools’ zones are the same.
Which elementary schools feed John Long Middle?
Wiregrass Elementary (about 47% of the zone), Double Branch (26%), Sand Pine (22%) and Denham Oaks (6%), by the district’s 2026-27 boundaries.
What time does John Long Middle start?
Classes run 9:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with early release at 1:30 p.m., under the district’s 2026-27 bell times.
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