D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL

D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-tier junior high in BROOKSVILLE, Florida, operated by HERNANDO, teaches 745 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

HERNANDO comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 23,734 students; D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hernando County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Hernando County shows median household earnings sit near $66,058, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in Hernando County (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students).

Nearest neighbor: HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 17%: 639 students in 2018 compared to 745 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 65% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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