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Enrollment
1,042
Middle
DISTRICT 874 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147003632
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
2700 N NARCOOSSEE RD, SAINT CLOUD, FL 34771 · (407) 891-6600 · Osceola County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,042 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% 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.
- A-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
17.7:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
499 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 296 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 357 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 389 | 37% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
57.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 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 down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 66.6% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,042 | 47.9% | 63.3% |
| DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 969 | 48.8% | 46.5% |
| DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 955 | 47.2% | 47.4% |
| ODYSSEY MIDDLE ORLANDO | 897 | 42.1% | 54.7% |
| NEPTUNE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,040 | 45.2% | 57.6% |
| HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 820 | 42.2% | 55.0% |
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 NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #165 of 560 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #217 of 560 ▼ 62 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #227 of 560 ▼ 52 | #4 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,042 | #120 of 584 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #133 of 547 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #302 of 553 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #330 of 565 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #196 of 379 | #6 of 8 |
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
1,042
-179 (-15%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 914
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 1,042 | 59 | 17.7:1 | 48% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 1,390 | 71 | 19.6:1 | 48% (667) |
| 2022-23 | 1,371 | 72.5 | 18.9:1 | 46% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 1,221 | 65 | 18.8:1 | 34% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 1,206 | 68 | 17.7:1 | 48% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 1,176 | 67 | 17.6:1 | 52% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 885 | 50 | 17.7:1 | 44% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 42 | 21.8:1 | 32% (290) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in SAINT CLOUD, Florida. A federal count lists 1,042 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 31% larger than that.
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in OSCEOLA. The district has 83 schools and 75,388 students.
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 19% White, 9% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The count of teachers at NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.7:1. Among middle schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. The school counts 499 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 48%.
The allk12 Grade for NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 57.2%. NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 63.3%, 6.1 points above that line.
Within Osceola County, median household income is about $72,637, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 88 public schools in Osceola County, with a combined enrollment of about 74,164.
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 1,221 students to 1,042. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2020-21 to 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in SAINT CLOUD
- HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,078 students
- NEPTUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,052 students
- MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 839 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 752 students
- CREATIVE INSPIRATION JOURNEY SCHOOL OF ST CLOUDElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 839
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES2.1 mi · 962
- LUMINARY MIDDLE2.3 mi · 662
- EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 827
- LAKE NONA MIDDLE2.8 mi · 1,179
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,042 students in grades 06-08.
Is NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 62% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA.
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