CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of middle-of-the-pack scale in WEST MELBOURNE, Florida, run under BREVARD, enrolling 1,059 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 109 schools in BREVARD (73,587 students total), CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Brevard County shows median household earnings sit near $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brevard County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MEADOWLANE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 6%, going from 1,121 students in 2018 to 1,059 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.