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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
669
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084003069
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL
4700 SCHUMACHER RD, SEBRING, FL 33872 · (863) 471-5437 · Highlands County
GRADES 06–12MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
19.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
360 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 198 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 38% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
52.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 49.0% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 669 | 53.8% | 51.5% |
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 658 | 56.2% | 43.5% |
| FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL LARGO | 910 | 54.7% | 50.5% |
| CORNER LAKE MIDDLE ORLANDO | 767 | 51.8% | 52.5% |
| LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL LARGO | 752 | 54.9% | 47.1% |
| GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 858 | 59.1% | 54.2% |
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 HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #309 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #420 of 560 ▼ 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #301 of 560 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #396 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #315 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #49 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #252 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #375 of 379 |
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
669
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 669 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 54% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 37.5 | 16.8:1 | 74% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 63% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 56% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 71% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 73% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | 37 | 19.6:1 | 64% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 51% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in Florida, located in SEBRING. It enrolled 669 students in grades 6 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 22 schools: HIGHLANDS, with 12,040 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 37%. The next largest groups are 35% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Highlands County overall, about 68% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 19.7:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. The lunch program counts 54% of students at HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Highlands County, the average is 63%.
The allk12 Grade for HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.5% is 2.8 points below the 54.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Highlands County, the median household income is $54,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Highlands County is home to 24 public schools and about 12,040 public school students.
The shortest distance from HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 694 in 2020-21 to 669 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.7:1, from 16.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Highlands County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,702
Census ACS
Median income
$54,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLANDS
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 980 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 829 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
Other schools in SEBRING
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- FRED WILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
Nearby schools
- SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 588
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 466
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 834
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOL4.9 mi · 840
- AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL5.3 mi · 600
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 1,849
Frequently asked questions
About HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 669 students in grades 06-12.
Is HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the student diversity at HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 35% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.