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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
900
Middle
DISTRICT 1,121 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171005390
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL
6003 MARKHAM WOODS RD, LAKE MARY, FL 32746 · (407) 871-1750 · Seminole County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL900 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest 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
18.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
445 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 | 339 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 31% |
Student demographics
72%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
54.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 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 have held steady 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 | 54.4% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 61.9% |
% 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 900 | 49.4% | 57.2% |
| KANAPAHA MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,014 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| FITZGERALD MIDDLE SCHOOL LARGO | 910 | 54.7% | 50.5% |
| FORT CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 840 | 51.3% | 55.7% |
| LAWTON CHILES MIDDLE ACADEMY LAKELAND | 704 | 43.8% | 65.9% |
| DAVID C. HINSON SR. MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 922 | 53.3% | 55.3% |
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 MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #221 of 560 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #213 of 560 ▼ 14 | #7 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #271 of 560 ▼ 67 | #10 of 12 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 900 | #219 of 584 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #199 of 547 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #21 of 553 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #311 of 565 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #98 of 379 | #1 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
900
-148 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,072
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 900 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 49% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 50.4 | 17.5:1 | 49% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 961 | 49.8 | 19.3:1 | 51% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 1,048 | 46 | 22.8:1 | 48% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 1,168 | 66 | 17.7:1 | 42% (486) |
| 2015-16 | 1,175 | 67 | 17.5:1 | 40% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 35% (379) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school in LAKE MARY, Florida, according to federal school records. A federal count lists 900 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
SEMINOLE is the local district for MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 74 schools with 63,934 students.
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 40%. It is also 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Seminole County's residents are about 59% White, 19 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
A ratio of 18.4:1 comes from the school's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 49% in 2024-25. That is close to the 47% average for public schools in Seminole County.
The allk12 Grade for MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 56.4%. It scores 57.2%, within a point of that figure.
Census estimates describe Seminole County this way: median household income is about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Seminole County number 77 and enroll about 63,934.
The next-closest public school is HEATHROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 1,048 students to 900. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.8:1 to 18.4:1.
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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 LAKE MARY
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- LAKE MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 881 students
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- HEATHROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 685 students
- SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- HEATHROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 713
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 896
- UCP SEMINOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT2.7 mi · 144
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 685
- BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 903
- A SEMINOLE COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL3.6 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 900 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 40% White, 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE.
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