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Enrollment
1,365
Middle
DISTRICT 992 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153007326
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL
18654 MENTMORE BLVD, LAND O LAKES, FL 34638 · (813) 346-1200 · Pasco County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,365 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
233 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 6 | 457 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 447 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 461 | 34% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
74.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 74.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 76.9% |
% 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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,365 | 17.1% | 67.8% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
| DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,270 | 19.2% | 89.0% |
| PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,481 | 19.5% | 76.6% |
| BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,178 | 11.2% | 77.9% |
| SUNRIDGE MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,108 | 19.1% | 70.6% |
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 CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #109 of 560 | #3 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #117 of 560 ▼ 42 | #3 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #145 of 560 ▼ 34 | #3 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,365 | #21 of 584 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #249 of 547 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #215 of 553 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #538 of 565 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #68 of 137 | N/A |
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
1,365
+30 (+2%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,336
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 1,365 | 71.8 | 19.0:1 | 17% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 1,353 | 72.6 | 18.6:1 | 21% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 1,548 | 74.1 | 20.9:1 | 26% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 1,335 | 70 | 19.1:1 | 24% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 1,231 | 71 | 17.3:1 | 34% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 1,381 | 71 | 19.4:1 | 32% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 1,336 | 75 | 17.8:1 | 30% (401) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle school serving families in LAND O LAKES, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,365 students. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students.
PASCO has 105 schools; together they serve 86,873 students.
At CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 54% of the student body. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is lower than the 72% White share among all Pasco County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 19.0 students per teacher and 71.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 17%. The 37% average for public schools in Pasco County is 20 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.8% and a predicted 72.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pasco County, the median household income is $70,492, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: IMAGINE SCHOOL AT LAND O' LAKES, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 74.0% on proficiency, and CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is below that at 67.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolled 1,335; in 2024-25, 1,365.
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Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in LAND O LAKES
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,114 students
- ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATIONHigh · 1,088 students
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,045 students
- CONNERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 953 students
Nearby schools
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT LAND O' LAKES0.3 mi · 913
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,206
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,045
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,114
- SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 842
- MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,365 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 19.0:1 (72 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.