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What do you wish you knew before starting at INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,116
Middle
DISTRICT 1,121 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001179
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL
415 TUSKAWILLA RD, WINTER SPRINGS, FL 32708 · (407) 320-4350 · Seminole County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,116 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
458 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 362 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 369 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 385 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%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
69.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 61.4% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,116 | 41.0% | 61.1% |
| ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONGWOOD | 898 | 38.4% | 72.2% |
| PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 1,098 | 42.6% | 51.0% |
| SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SAFETY HARBOR | 956 | 44.0% | 50.9% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 866 | 38.7% | 63.6% |
| DUNEDIN HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 842 | 39.9% | 64.2% |
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 INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #181 of 560 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #220 of 560 ▼ 11 | #8 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #104 of 560 ▲ 13 | #4 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,116 | #89 of 584 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #172 of 547 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #276 of 553 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #401 of 565 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #226 of 379 | #6 of 12 |
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
1,116
-93 (-8%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,554
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 1,116 | 61.7 | 18.1:1 | 41% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 1,163 | 57.2 | 20.4:1 | 43% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 1,197 | 42.2 | 28.4:1 | 44% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 1,209 | 49 | 24.7:1 | 45% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 1,260 | 66 | 19.1:1 | 37% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 1,141 | 65 | 17.6:1 | 41% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 1,143 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 35% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 1,554 | 81 | 19.2:1 | 12% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school, is located in WINTER SPRINGS, Florida. The school reports 1,116 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students.
The SEMINOLE system has 74 schools and 63,934 students.
White students make up a majority at INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 57%. Other students are 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Seminole County is about 59% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.1 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. About 41% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is +0.5 points: 61.1% actual, 60.6% predicted.
Across Seminole County, the median household income is $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seminole County is home to 77 public schools and about 63,934 public school students.
KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,116 students in 2024-25, 93 fewer than the 1,209 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.7:1 to 18.1:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in WINTER SPRINGS
- WINTER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,940 students
- RAINBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 729 students
- CHOICES IN LEARNING CHARTERElementary · 685 students
- LAYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 543 students
- KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 535 students
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
Other Indian Trails Middle schools
One other US public school is named Indian Trails Middle. INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOLPALM COAST, FL · 1,438 students
Nearby schools
- KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 535
- WINTER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,940
- CHOICES IN LEARNING CHARTER1.4 mi · 685
- LAYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 543
- RAINBOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 729
- RED BUG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,116 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 57% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.