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GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, a close-knit middle-grades school in NAPLES, Florida, run under COLLIER, teaches 556 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 30% below that benchmark.
COLLIER runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 48,252 students. GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.4%; GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 76.2%, +15.8 points above that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Collier County put the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Collier County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), of which GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.4%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. GULFVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 556). The White share of enrollment contracted from 58% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.
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Collier County at a glance
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