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What's one thing DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
657
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001927
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1201 MISSISSIPPI AVE, FORT PIERCE, FL 34950 · (772) 468-5700 · St. Lucie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public middle schools
- C-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
15.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
448 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 169 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 40% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
41.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.7% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.3% | 35.9% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 657 | 68.2% | 41.3% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE ORLANDO | 712 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
| JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 821 | 66.6% | 39.5% |
| LOCKHART MIDDLE ORLANDO | 660 | 65.5% | 39.1% |
| J. H. WORKMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 602 | 68.9% | 44.0% |
| FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 687 | 62.9% | 33.4% |
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 DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #450 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #323 of 560 ▲ 157 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #438 of 560 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #408 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #34 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #284 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #71 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #362 of 379 |
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
657
-165 (-20%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,724
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 68% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 77% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 88% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 45 | 18.3:1 | 84% (694) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 82% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 84% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 84% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 49 | 20.5:1 | 56% (557) |
| 1990-91 | 1,724 | 107 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle-grades school DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in FORT PIERCE, Florida. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 657 students enrolled.
ST. LUCIE (53 schools, 49,308 students) runs DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Black students make up a majority at DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 56%. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Lucie County's population at about 22%. DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 42 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is 3.9 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 68%. The rate at public schools in St. Lucie County averages 57%, lower than here.
allk12 grades DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.3%, compared with a predicted 47.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Lucie County show that the median household income is $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in the county.
DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX is the public school closest to DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.0%; DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 41.3%, ranking 6th of 6.
NCES describes the area around DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 20%, to 657. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.3:1 to 15.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX0.3 mi · 218
- ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 722
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 765
- CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE0.8 mi · 515
- PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.3 mi · 87
- FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 657 students in grades 06-08.
Is DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 31% Hispanic, 56% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.