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What's one thing FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
721
Middle
DISTRICT 866 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASSAU·NCES 120135001307
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
315 CITRONA DR, FERNANDINA BEACH, FL 32034 · (904) 321-5867 · Nassau County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- ABeats 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
18.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
254 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 240 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 237 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
75.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
85.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 8 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 | 75.9% | 85.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 80.0% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 721 | 35.2% | 75.7% |
| L. A. AINGER MIDDLE SCHOOL ROTONDA WEST | 625 | 37.0% | 60.7% |
| WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 882 | 34.6% | 66.8% |
| VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL VENICE | 732 | 39.5% | 66.2% |
| BERKLEY ACCELERATED AUBURNDALE | 622 | 30.7% | 70.3% |
| RIVERSPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 552 | 33.0% | 59.4% |
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 FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #60 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #41 of 560 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #54 of 560 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #359 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #204 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #432 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #437 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #85 of 137 |
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
721
+67 (+10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,178
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 721 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 35% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 38% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 40% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 48% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 44% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 42% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 37% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 37 | 20.5:1 | 24% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 1,178 | 63 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in FERNANDINA BEACH, Florida, as a mid-sized middle-grades school. It had 721 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
NASSAU is the local district for FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 18 schools with 12,575 students.
White students are 73% of those enrolled at FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Nassau County overall, about 85% of residents are White. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its staff includes 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 35%. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in Nassau County.
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Florida public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 75.7% actual against 63.5% predicted.
In Nassau County, home to about 97,859 people, median household income comes to about $89,804, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nassau County's 22 public schools enroll about 12,575 students and include FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 0.2 miles separate FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment increased 10% over 4 years, reaching 721 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 18.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,859
Census ACS
Median income
$89,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
12,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NASSAU
- YULEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,486 students
- WILDLIGHT ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,181 students
- YULEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,174 students
- FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 978 students
- WEST NASSAU COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 923 students
- HILLIARD MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGHHigh · 773 students
Other schools in FERNANDINA BEACH
- FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 978 students
- EMMA LOVE HARDEE ELEMENTARYElementary · 639 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 591 students
- NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLHigh · 76 students
- NASSAU VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 74 students
- CONTRACTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICESHigh
Nearby schools
- FERNANDINA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 978
- NASSAU VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.7 mi · 74
- NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 76
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 591
- EMMA LOVE HARDEE ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 639
- Saint Marys Elementary School7.4 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NASSAU in Nassau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.