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JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of expansive scale in OVIEDO, Florida, one of the schools within SEMINOLE, instructing 1,340 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 69% larger than that benchmark.
SEMINOLE comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 63,934 students; JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Seminole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.4%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +4.6 points.
In the surrounding community, Seminole County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,761 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 77 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students).
LAWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.6%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. JACKSON HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,354 (now 1,340). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 62% to 52%.
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