DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

As an average-sized intermediate school in STUART, Florida, DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 911 students from grades 6 through 8, run under MARTIN.

DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 32 schools operated by MARTIN, a district that educates 18,316 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 32% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Martin County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,943, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Martin County (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students).

The closest other public school is TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMY, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,022 (now 911). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 41% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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