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Enrollment
656
Middle
DISTRICT 809 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE·NCES 120024002668
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL
17325 MARINER WAY, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33948 · (941) 255-7525 · Charlotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- B-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
19.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
353 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 214 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
53.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp 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 58 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 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 54.7% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 656 | 53.8% | 53.2% |
| WEST HERNANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 666 | 55.6% | 54.4% |
| LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 580 | 49.5% | 52.5% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 858 | 53.5% | 57.0% |
| STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 904 | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| R J MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 742 | 55.8% | 64.7% |
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 MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #288 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #269 of 560 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #283 of 560 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #409 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #279 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #186 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #253 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #288 of 379 |
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
656
+144 (+28%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 656 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 54% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 56% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 49% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 41 | 18.8:1 | 68% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 45 | 18.3:1 | 66% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 45 | 21.5:1 | 41% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 35 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida, (ZIP code 33948). It had 656 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Within CHARLOTTE, MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 24 schools. The district enrolls 16,997 students.
The student body at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is 53% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.3 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 19.6:1. The school reported 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Charlotte County average 43%.
Among Florida public middle schools, MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.2% is within a point of the 54.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Charlotte County show that the median household earns about $69,952 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Charlotte County, 25 public schools serve about 16,997 students.
PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 53.2% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 144 students, from 512 to 656.
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Charlotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
201,064
Census ACS
Median income
$69,952
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
16,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,343 students
- PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,098 students
- BABCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLCombined · 1,053 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
Other schools in PORT CHARLOTTE
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 764 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 624 students
Other Murdock Middle schools
One other US public school is named Murdock Middle. MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Murdock Middle SchoolWinchendon, MA · 281 students
Nearby schools
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,730
- THE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 298
- CHARLOTTE TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.0 mi · 12
- CHARLOTTE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.1 mi · 83
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 708
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 656 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 19.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHARLOTTE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.