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Enrollment
985
Middle
DISTRICT 843 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105001095
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
205 E MAGNOLIA ST, GROVELAND, FL 34736 · (352) 429-3322 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL985 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
394 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 287 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 316 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 382 | 39% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
43.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 985 | 40.0% | 43.7% |
| BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,058 | 37.5% | 60.4% |
| MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 845 | 40.0% | 49.7% |
| LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,054 | 38.3% | 48.6% |
| OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 851 | 35.6% | 62.6% |
| CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 999 | 41.5% | 61.9% |
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 GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #424 of 560 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #387 of 560 ▼ 23 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #424 of 560 no change | #6 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 985 | #160 of 584 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #141 of 547 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #95 of 553 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #410 of 565 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #364 of 379 | #7 of 7 |
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
985
+85 (+9%) vs 2020
+159% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 985 | 55.4 | 17.8:1 | 40% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 1,067 | 60 | 17.8:1 | 41% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 1,148 | 61.5 | 18.7:1 | 47% (543) |
| 2020-21 | 900 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 42% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 993 | 62 | 16.0:1 | 66% (652) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 61% (621) |
| 2010-11 | 997 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 57% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 994 | 48 | 20.7:1 | 33% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in LAKE, located in GROVELAND, Florida. The school had 985 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
LAKE has 47,997 students in 60 schools, and GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students form the largest group at GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 42% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 34% White, 18% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Lake County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is about the same, 38%.
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 43.7%. Predicted: 61.1%. Difference: 17.4 points.
Federal survey data for Lake County show that median household income is about $73,161, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 67 public schools operate in Lake County, serving about 47,997 students.
The next-closest public school is GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools 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 985, 9% above the 900 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Other schools in GROVELAND
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 683 students
- CHERRY LAKE PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary
Other Gray Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Gray Middle. GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Gray Middle SchoolUnion, KY · 1,006 students
- Gray Middle SchoolTacoma, WA · 510 students
- Gray Middle SchoolPortland, OR · 439 students
Nearby schools
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 683
- THE ACADEMY AT LAKE HILLS SCHOOL- SOUTH2.0 mi · 32
- MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL2.1 mi · 937
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 2,137
- PINE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 690
- CYPRESS RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 985 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 42% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LAKE in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.