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CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a medium-sized middle-grades school in DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 962 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by VOLUSIA. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 794.
Across the 87 schools in VOLUSIA (61,765 students total), CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Volusia County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 38.6%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Volusia County put median household income runs about $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 90 public schools in Volusia County (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students).
Nearest neighbor: TURIE T. SMALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. CAMPBELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 768 (now 962). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 10% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.
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