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DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 249 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 299 | 55% |
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 84.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
Schools most like DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL
DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 548 | 19.5% | 77.6% |
| WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 598 | 16.1% | 77.0% |
| VIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL VIERA | 741 | 20.8% | 77.1% |
| GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 916 | 21.0% | 77.6% |
| STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY VENICE | 328 | 18.9% | 80.6% |
| HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM CITY | 920 | 23.8% | 68.8% |
Where DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #46 of 560 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #46 of 560 ▼ 4 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #58 of 560 ▼ 19 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #455 of 584 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #135 of 547 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #479 of 553 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #527 of 565 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #49 of 379 | #4 of 10 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 20% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 21% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 44 | 19.2:1 | 21% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 24% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 19% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 26% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 48 | 17.6:1 | 13% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 50 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
About DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL
DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public small middle school in SATELLITE BEACH, Florida. It serves 548 students in grades 7 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students.
Across its 109 schools, BREVARD enrolls 73,587 students. DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 79% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By the diversity index, DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 37%.
The teaching staff at DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. About 20% of students, or 107, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Brevard County is 22 points.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is +6.3 points: 77.6% actual, 71.4% predicted.
Among Brevard County residents, median household income is about $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County, which together enroll about 73,587 students.
SATELLITE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 77.6% compares with 66.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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.
The student count in 2024-25 was 548, 31% below the 800 of 2020-21.
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Brevard County at a glance
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