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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
824
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALACHUA·NCES 120003000011
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL
1901 NE 9TH ST, GAINESVILLE, FL 32609 · (352) 955-6701 · Alachua County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- CBeats 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
22.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
414 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 280 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
54.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 45.0% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 824 | 50.2% | 49.6% |
| OCEANWAY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 828 | 47.3% | 48.7% |
| RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 928 | 46.8% | 56.2% |
| JOHN HOPKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 757 | 51.9% | 50.8% |
| OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH ORANGE PARK | 906 | 54.3% | 66.6% |
| CHAFFEE TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,190 | 53.3% | 37.7% |
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 HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Alachua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #341 of 560 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #352 of 560 ▲ 27 | #4 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #266 of 560 ▲ 1 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #275 of 584 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #501 of 547 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #183 of 553 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #296 of 565 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.9% | #38 of 137 | N/A |
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
824
+196 (+31%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
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 | 824 | 36 | 22.9:1 | 50% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 37.4 | 22.6:1 | 57% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 30.8 | 26.7:1 | 57% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 51% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 60% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 49% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 57% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 1,164 | 66 | 17.6:1 | 50% (578) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 47 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of GAINESVILLE, Florida. The school had 824 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
ALACHUA has a total of 60 schools and 28,255 students, HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
A majority of students at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL, 52%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Alachua County, the Black share is about 19%. By the diversity index, HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 64%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1 at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 50%. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Alachua County.
The allk12 Grade for HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL are 6.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.6% actual, 56.0% predicted).
In the county around the school, Alachua County, median household income is about $61,949, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 68 public schools in Alachua County.
Nearest public school: RESILIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL INC, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 49.6% compares with 36.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 628 in 2020-21 and 824 in 2024-25, a 31% gain. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.9:1) than in 2020-21 (19.6:1).
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alachua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
285,492
Census ACS
Median income
$61,949
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
29,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALACHUA
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,132 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 962 students
Other schools in GAINESVILLE
- F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,416 students
- GAINESVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,825 students
- P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOLCombined · 1,363 students
- EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,291 students
- KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 854 students
Nearby schools
- RESILIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL INC0.1 mi · 107
- NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 169
- W. A. METCALFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 463
- BOULWARE SPRINGS CHARTER0.5 mi · 171
- SIDNEY LANIER CENTER0.8 mi · 139
- MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 824 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HOWARD W. BISHOP MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALACHUA.
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