GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL

GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in GULF BREEZE, Florida, run under SANTA ROSA, caters to 916 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within SANTA ROSA, which oversees 38 schools and 29,643 students, GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Rosa County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Santa Rosa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,922, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Rosa County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,382 students), of which GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 968 students in 2018 compared to 916 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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