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What's one thing BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
408
Middle
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADFORD·NCES 120012000076
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
527 N ORANGE ST, STARKE, FL 32091 · (904) 966-6704 · Bradford County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
247 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 193 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 53% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL→BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BRADFORD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 44.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 408 | 60.5% | 43.1% |
| RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY LAKE CITY | 455 | 55.2% | 56.0% |
| TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL PERRY | 503 | 67.0% | 44.7% |
| JAMES MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 447 | 55.9% | 47.3% |
| STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 557 | 59.4% | 39.0% |
| CLIFFORD MEIGS MIDDLE SCHOOL SHALIMAR | 612 | 57.8% | 60.7% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #429 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #402 of 560 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #418 of 560 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #506 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #443 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #282 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #162 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.1% | #21 of 379 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
408
-185 (-31%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 408 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 61% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 65% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 70% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 58% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 51% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 56% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 64% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 53% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 40 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school with its address in STARKE, Florida. Enrollment totals 408 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 49% below the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
The 8 schools in BRADFORD enroll 2,848 students altogether, BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Federal enrollment data show BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 57% White. Other groups include 28% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 61%. That is in line with the 60% average for public schools in Bradford County.
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 43.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.8%.
The school is in Bradford County, where the median household earns about $63,050 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Bradford County with 11 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BRADFORD VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED), is about 0.2 miles. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 408, from 593 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.0:1 to 21.5:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bradford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,885
Census ACS
Median income
$63,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,848 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRADFORD
- BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 785 students
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 745 students
- STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- LAWTEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 257 students
- BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCElementary · 82 students
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE WITH FLVSCombined · 2 students
Other schools in STARKE
- BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 785 students
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 745 students
- STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE WITH FLVSCombined · 2 students
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined · 1 students
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Nearby schools
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)0.2 mi · 1
- BRADFORD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE WITH FLVS0.2 mi · 2
- STARKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 568
- BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 785
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 745
- LAWTEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 57% White, 4% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRADFORD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.