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Enrollment
489
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000744
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
7840 BURMA RD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32221 · (904) 693-7523 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-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
15.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
283 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 130 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 40% |
Student demographics
69%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
36.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 36.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 39.9% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 489 | 57.9% | 41.0% |
| OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL LEESBURG | 558 | 55.6% | 37.2% |
| JINKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 541 | 59.5% | 35.8% |
| ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 497 | 56.1% | 50.2% |
| FERRELL MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 437 | 55.6% | 61.8% |
| JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET WINTER HAVEN | 566 | 58.3% | 59.8% |
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 JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #455 of 560 | #15 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #471 of 560 ▼ 27 | #15 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #480 of 560 ▲ 18 | #13 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #478 of 584 | #22 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #38 of 547 | #1 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #76 of 553 | #7 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #201 of 565 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #29 of 379 | #5 of 19 |
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
489
-161 (-25%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 860
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 489 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 58% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 66% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 68% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 64% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 62% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 62% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 1,027 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 62% (637) |
| 2000-01 | 1,191 | 62 | 19.2:1 | 47% (565) |
| 1990-91 | 860 | 44 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school located in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The school enrolls 489 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
District-wide, DUVAL has 206 schools and 131,562 students.
The largest group at JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black students, at 43%. The school is also 27% White, 23% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 29% Black share among all Duval County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Staffing at JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8:1. The school's 15.8:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 47% average for public schools in Duval County is 11 points lower.
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Florida public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 52.2% and the result is 41.0%.
In the wider Duval County area, the median household earns about $71,277 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Duval County, 220 public schools serve about 141,209 students.
DUVAL MYCROSCHOOL OF INTEGRATED ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGIES sits about 1.1 miles from JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 25%, from 650 to 489.
People who know JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- DUVAL MYCROSCHOOL OF INTEGRATED ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGIES1.1 mi · 213
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 468
- CRYSTAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 883
- EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,663
- NORMANDY VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 503
- RAMONA BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 27% White, 23% Hispanic, 43% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.