NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL

NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, a very small middle school in CHIEFLAND, Florida, overseen by LEVY, caters to 84 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 89% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

LEVY comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,554 students; NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Levy County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Levy County) shows that median household earnings sit near $56,750, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Levy County (combined enrollment of about 5,554 students).

The closest other public school is WHISPERING WINDS CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 1.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.3%.

NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location. NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 5%, going from 80 students in 2018 to 84 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 63% over that span.

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