Middleton High School is a public high school in Tampa, Florida named in honor of George S. Middleton, an African American mail carrier, businessman[2] and civic leader who moved to Tampa from South Carolina in the late 19th century.

Booker T. Washington School in Tampa had previously accommodated junior and senior high students.

George S. Middleton was one of the founders of Central Life Insurance Company of Florida and served as its secretary.

The objective is to give students a balanced and rigorous curriculum leading directly to industry, technical school, or university training.

Students take science, mathematics, and technical classes leading to college credit through Advanced Placement, dual-enrollment, and/or articulated agreements.

[6] The engineering program is based on the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) model, a nationally recognized high school pre-engineering curriculum.

Games can be designed to play on multiple platforms such as personal computer, cellphone, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360.

They learn complex technology skills that can be transferred to other careers, such as database development and management for business systems.

The Networking Academy provides online courses, interactive tools, and hands-on learning activities to help prepare students for careers in virtually every type of industry.

[citation needed] Students begin the program by studying the hardware and software of personal computers in preparation for the nationally recognized A+ Certification Exam.

Hands-on labs and virtual desktop learning tools help students develop critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills.

Upon completion of the Cisco Academy curriculum, the student moves into the Security+ and Cyber Security class to finish the program.

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms andbioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts; work in biotechnology includes genetic engineering as well as cell culture and tissue culture technologies.

At the end of the year, groups present their projects in front of a panel of real civil engineers and architects and can win prizes including scholarships.

[10] In 1957, Middleton won the Florida state championship in basketball[11] in the FIAA, which was the athletic organization for schools with black students.