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What's the state of after-school transportation at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,036
Middle
DISTRICT 1,016 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002419
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
1200 S MYRTLE AVE, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 · (386) 424-2550 · Volusia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,036 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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
19.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
483 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 355 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 340 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 33% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
55.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 | 55.8% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 54.4% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,036 | 46.6% | 55.3% |
| BAKER COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL MACCLENNY | 1,067 | 44.9% | 51.7% |
| CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL CRYSTAL RIVER | 906 | 49.0% | 46.3% |
| INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOL INVERNESS | 911 | 47.4% | 47.8% |
| LAKE BUTLER MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE BUTLER | 752 | 46.7% | 53.3% |
| LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 940 | 50.1% | 68.5% |
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 NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #252 of 560 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #288 of 560 ▼ 13 | #5 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #255 of 560 ▲ 20 | #3 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,036 | #129 of 584 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #268 of 547 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #483 of 553 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #346 of 565 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #194 of 379 | #2 of 9 |
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
1,036
+49 (+5%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,349
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,036 | 54 | 19.2:1 | 47% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 969 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 56% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 1,037 | 64 | 16.2:1 | 53% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 54 | 18.3:1 | 58% (572) |
| 2017-18 | 1,207 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 59% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 1,153 | 68 | 17.0:1 | 62% (710) |
| 2010-11 | 1,313 | 75 | 17.5:1 | 58% (760) |
| 2000-01 | 1,626 | 97 | 16.8:1 | 34% (558) |
| 1990-91 | 1,349 | 83 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
A medium-sized middle school in NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida, NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA. The school counts 1,036 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 30% larger than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA, where 87 schools serve 61,765 students.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 79% White. Other groups make up 8% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 71% of Volusia County residents are White. NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 19.2:1 comes from the school's 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 55.3% actual against 57.8% predicted.
Volusia County census figures show that median household income is about $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 90 public schools in Volusia County.
The nearest other public school, NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Ranked by average proficiency, NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL had 987 students in 2020-21 and 1,036 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
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Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in NEW SMYRNA BEACH
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
- SAMSULA ACADEMYElementary · 151 students
Nearby schools
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,687
- READ-PATTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 369
- EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL1.7 mi · 439
- CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 479
- CORONADO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 242
- INDIAN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,036 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
NEW SMYRNA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.