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Enrollment
840
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000032
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
9301 NW 23RD AVE, GAINESVILLE, FL 32606 · (352) 333-2800 · Alachua County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
431 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 292 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
59.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 55.4% |
% 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,014 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 922 | 53.3% | 55.3% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 854 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 917 | 53.7% | 50.7% |
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 FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #248 of 560 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #262 of 560 ▲ 4 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #198 of 560 ▲ 14 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #266 of 584 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #339 of 547 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #32 of 553 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #280 of 565 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #173 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
840
-92 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,053
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 840 | 42 | 20.0:1 | 51% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 888 | 45.2 | 19.6:1 | 52% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 961 | N/A | N/A | 53% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 932 | 44 | 21.2:1 | 44% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 1,004 | 55 | 18.3:1 | 48% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 43% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 39% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 1,007 | 48 | 21.0:1 | 30% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 1,053 | 44 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in GAINESVILLE, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 840 students.
ALACHUA is the district for FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 60 schools and 28,255 students.
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 40%. The remaining students are 31% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Alachua County, the White share is about 61%. By the diversity index, FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 71%.
Federal data list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers at FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.0:1. Middle schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 19.6:1. The lunch program counts 51% of students at FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Alachua County, the average is about the same, 48%.
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 55.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.5%.
Within Alachua County, median household income is about $61,949, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 68 public schools in Alachua County, with a combined enrollment of about 29,618.
HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 55.7% compares with 67.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 20.0 students per teacher, compared with 21.2 in 2020-21.
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Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- HIDDEN OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 694
- SANTA FE COLLEGE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY0.7 mi · 133
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 791
- SIATECH MYCROSCHOOL INC.1.6 mi · 97
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,416
- HEALTHY LEARNING ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL3.0 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 840 students in grades 06-08.
Is FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 40% White, 16% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by ALACHUA in Alachua County.
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