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Enrollment
911
Middle
DISTRICT 724 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129004989
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
7000 SE ATLANTIC RIDGE DR, STUART, FL 34997 · (772) 221-7100 · Martin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL911 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
569 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 268 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 287 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 39% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
50.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 43.3% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 911 | 62.5% | 45.6% |
| CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,018 | 57.7% | 46.2% |
| MARSHALL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 1,066 | 60.4% | 42.6% |
| CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 836 | 67.5% | 58.6% |
| DESOTO MIDDLE SCHOOL ARCADIA | 922 | 57.5% | 39.3% |
| GALAXY MIDDLE SCHOOL DELTONA | 939 | 57.4% | 45.9% |
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 DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #395 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #374 of 560 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #324 of 560 ▲ 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 911 | #209 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #209 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #300 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #137 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #232 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
911
-149 (-14%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
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 | 911 | 49 | 18.6:1 | 62% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 68% (654) |
| 2022-23 | 1,035 | 57 | 18.2:1 | 63% (653) |
| 2020-21 | 1,060 | 58 | 18.3:1 | 70% (743) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 61 | 16.8:1 | 60% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 955 | 65 | 14.7:1 | 56% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | 55 | 17.9:1 | 51% (498) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in STUART, Florida, are served by DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school. It educates 911 students in grades 6 through 8.
MARTIN runs 32 schools with a combined 18,316 students. DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 57% Hispanic. It is also 32% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Martin County is roughly 16% Hispanic. DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. On average, public schools in Martin County report 43%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.9% at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.6%.
Within Martin County, median household income is about $82,943, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Martin County number 37 and enroll about 18,316.
TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMY is the public school closest to DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.8%; DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 45.6%, ranking 4th of 6.
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,060 to 911.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- WARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 820 students
Other schools in STUART
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 777 students
- PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMY0.3 mi · 1,082
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 658
- WILLOUGHBY LEARNING CENTER1.7 mi · 42
- CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER1.7 mi · 288
- PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 730
- SEA WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 911 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.6:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 32% White, 57% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MARTIN in Martin County.
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