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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
876
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111002763
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
9902 DEER LK W, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312 · (850) 922-6545 · Leon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
20.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
131 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 307 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
73.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.7% | 85.2% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 876 | 15.0% | 79.2% |
| MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL LUTZ | 1,104 | 15.9% | 81.0% |
| COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 860 | 13.0% | 80.8% |
| FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 1,157 | 12.7% | 82.8% |
| BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,178 | 11.2% | 77.9% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
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 DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #34 of 560 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #54 of 560 ▼ 17 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #71 of 560 ▼ 21 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #237 of 584 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #366 of 547 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #324 of 553 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.0% | #544 of 565 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #218 of 379 | 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
876
-111 (-11%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 876 | 43.3 | 20.3:1 | 15% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 40.8 | 21.5:1 | 17% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 894 | 44.5 | 20.1:1 | 16% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 41 | 24.1:1 | 17% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 992 | 46 | 21.6:1 | 13% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 934 | 47 | 19.9:1 | 11% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 913 | 44 | 20.8:1 | 10% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 1,201 | 53 | 22.7:1 | 4% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 28 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 876 students.
LEON is made up of 51 schools with 31,579 students in all.
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 65% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 10% Asian, 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 55% of Leon County residents are White. DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.3:1. That is close to the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. About 15% of students, or 131, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Leon County averages 41%, higher than here.
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.2% is 5.5 points above the 73.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Leon County has about 297,542 residents, and the median household income is $66,287, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Leon County has 63 public schools and roughly 35,246 students.
The closest public school, KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.9 miles from DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 74.6%; DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 79.2%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 111 students since 2020-21, to 876. The number of students per teacher fell from 24.1 to 20.3 over 4 years.
Discussions about DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
Nearby schools
- KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 740
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,881
- HAWKS RISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 752
- DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 652
- ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 807
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOL6.5 mi · 1,016
Frequently asked questions
About DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 876 students in grades 06-08.
Is DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
How diverse is DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.