DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1201 MISSISSIPPI AVE, in FORT PIERCE, Florida, DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a tight-knit middle-grades school that instructs 657 students (grades 6 through 8), run under ST. LUCIE.

Across the 53 schools in ST. LUCIE (49,308 students total), DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Lucie County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 41.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Lucie County put median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 657). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 22% to 31%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.