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Enrollment
916
Middle
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165001820
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL
649 GULF BREEZE PKWY, GULF BREEZE, FL 32561 · (850) 934-4080 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL916 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-Beats 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
21.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
192 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 300 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 34% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
74.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
84.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 72.5% | 83.7% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 916 | 21.0% | 77.6% |
| HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM CITY | 920 | 23.8% | 68.8% |
| C. W. RUCKEL MIDDLE SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 1,061 | 24.7% | 80.6% |
| WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,016 | 19.4% | 77.0% |
| VIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL VIERA | 741 | 20.8% | 77.1% |
| PALM HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 1,017 | 27.9% | 63.6% |
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 GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #47 of 560 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #49 of 560 ▼ 1 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #59 of 560 ▼ 13 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 916 | #206 of 584 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #462 of 547 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #510 of 553 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #517 of 565 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #311 of 379 | #4 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
916
+36 (+4%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 916 | 42 | 21.8:1 | 21% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 914 | 41 | 22.3:1 | 23% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 43 | 21.8:1 | 22% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 45 | 19.6:1 | 16% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 20% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 906 | 45 | 20.1:1 | 23% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 42 | 21.5:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 873 | 46 | 19.0:1 | 9% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 34 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in GULF BREEZE, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 916 students.
SANTA ROSA has 38 schools; together they serve 29,643 students.
The share of students at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL who are White is 85%. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 21.8:1 is based on 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 21%. On average, public schools in Santa Rosa County report 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 89% of Florida public middle schools.
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.6% and a predicted 70.7%.
In the surrounding county, Santa Rosa County, median household income comes to about $91,922, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 29,382 students.
Of the public schools around it, GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 77.6% against a local average of 69.1%.
NCES assigns GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in GULF BREEZE
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 882 students
- GULF BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 865 students
- ORIOLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
- SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,946
- GULF BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 865
- PENSACOLA BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC3.5 mi · 115
- A. K. SUTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 500
- ORIOLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 765
- COASTAL CONNECTIONS ACADEMY4.8 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 916 students in grades 06-08.
Is GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SANTA ROSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.