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Enrollment
1,236
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003897
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
4001 GREENWAY DR, JUPITER, FL 33458 · (561) 799-7500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,236 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
249 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 450 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 426 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 360 | 29% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
75.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
75.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.7% | 75.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 73.3% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,236 | 20.1% | 69.7% |
| SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 1,290 | 22.3% | 76.5% |
| PINE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 929 | 20.7% | 56.9% |
| PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,481 | 19.5% | 76.6% |
| CHILES MIDDLE SCHOOL OVIEDO | 1,279 | 25.6% | 70.2% |
| SEVEN SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TRINITY | 1,498 | 25.6% | 68.0% |
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 INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #94 of 560 | #8 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #101 of 560 ▲ 4 | #6 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #56 of 560 ▲ 3 | #4 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,236 | #49 of 584 | #9 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #251 of 547 | #34 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #354 of 553 | #24 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #525 of 565 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #203 of 379 | #11 of 27 |
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
1,236
-57 (-4%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 1,286
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,236 | 65 | 19.0:1 | 20% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 1,172 | 60 | 19.5:1 | 23% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 1,166 | 64 | 18.2:1 | 25% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 1,293 | 69 | 18.7:1 | 33% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 1,413 | 78 | 18.1:1 | 29% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 1,349 | 75 | 18.0:1 | 28% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 1,286 | 71 | 18.1:1 | 26% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school with a street address in JUPITER, Florida. Enrollment totals 1,236 students across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 56% above average.
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 233 schools: PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students.
At INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 65% of students are White. It is also 23% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Palm Beach County is roughly 53% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 52%.
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is similar, at 19.6:1. About 20% of students at INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 25 points below the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are 1.4 points below predicted: 69.7% against 71.1%.
In Palm Beach County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 245 public schools and about 192,831 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 1,293 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 1,236 by 2024-25.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in JUPITER
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- JUPITER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,272 students
- LIMESTONE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 902 students
- JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 826 students
- JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- JUPITER FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
Other Independence Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Independence Middle. INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 8.
- Independence MiddleVirginia Beach, VA · 1,193 students
- Independence Middle SchoolBethel Park, PA · 602 students
- Independence Middle SchoolCoal City, WV · 401 students
- Independence MiddleIndependence, KS · 376 students
- Independence Middle SchoolIndependence, OH · 299 students
Nearby schools
- LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 569
- JUPITER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,272
- BEACON COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 603
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,163
- JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 688
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY- PALM BEACH GARDENS2.2 mi · 963
Frequently asked questions
About INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,236 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
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