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What's the most underrated thing about BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
537
High
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVY·NCES 120114001197
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
351 ISHIE AVE, BRONSON, FL 32621 · (352) 486-5261 · Levy County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
303 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 10% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 51.4% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 537 | 56.4% | 49.0% |
| LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL MAYO | 606 | 55.4% | 71.1% |
| INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL INTERLACHEN | 999 | 57.8% | 33.5% |
| CHIEFLAND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 760 | 53.0% | 50.3% |
| VERNON HIGH SCHOOL VERNON | 326 | 52.8% | 39.6% |
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 969 | 63.3% | 58.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #332 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #223 of 549 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #307 of 559 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #481 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #128 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #331 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #147 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #244 of 289 |
Ranked against other public high 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
537
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 537 | 27.9 | 19.2:1 | 56% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 26.7 | 19.6:1 | 66% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 28.2 | 19.6:1 | 63% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 59% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 64% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 59% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 77% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 57% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | 27 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, a low-enrollment high school, is located in BRONSON, Florida. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 537 students enrolled. That is 48% below the average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits within LEVY, which has 12 schools and 5,554 students.
At BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, 62% of students are White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Levy County is roughly 79% White. The diversity index for BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL has 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 4.3 students per teacher. At BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL scores 49.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.9%.
Census data for Levy County show median household income comes to about $56,750, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,554, BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL among them.
BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.5%; BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's is 49.0%, ranking 5th of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
A 7% decline took enrollment from 579 in 2020-21 to 537 in 2024-25.
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Levy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,391
Census ACS
Median income
$56,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,554 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEVY
- WILLISTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- CHIEFLAND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 725 students
- JOYCE M. BULLOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 638 students
- BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 586 students
- WILLISTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
Other schools in BRONSON
- BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 586 students
- LEVY VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh · 4 students
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- LEVY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
- LEVY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined
Nearby schools
- BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 586
- LEVY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.7 mi · 4
- ARCHER ELEMENTARY7.5 mi · 413
- NEWBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.9 mi · 651
- JOYCE M. BULLOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.1 mi · 638
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL12.2 mi · 962
Frequently asked questions
About BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 537 students in grades 06-12.
Is BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL have?
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
At BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEVY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.