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Best kept secret at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,007
Middle
DISTRICT 1,016 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001993
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
151 DOMICILIO AVE, ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 · (386) 258-4667 · Volusia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,007 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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
18.6:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
505 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 | 356 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 372 | 37% |
Student demographics
53%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
59.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 62.9% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,007 | 50.1% | 60.2% |
| LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 940 | 50.1% | 68.5% |
| RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL CANTONMENT | 1,180 | 46.2% | 60.9% |
| BUFFALO CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMETTO | 1,171 | 49.4% | 56.2% |
| WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 1,040 | 51.2% | 58.2% |
| SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 1,199 | 54.5% | 54.7% |
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 ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #191 of 560 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #247 of 560 ▼ 55 | #3 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #200 of 560 ▼ 57 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,007 | #147 of 584 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #214 of 547 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #343 of 553 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #297 of 565 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #324 of 379 | #8 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
1,007
+58 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,278
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 1,007 | 54 | 18.6:1 | 50% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 51 | 17.2:1 | 53% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 990 | 57 | 17.4:1 | 48% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 53 | 17.9:1 | 56% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 64 | 16.5:1 | 56% (589) |
| 2015-16 | 1,006 | 59 | 17.1:1 | 54% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | 53 | 17.2:1 | 47% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 1,720 | 97 | 17.7:1 | 22% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 1,278 | 73 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school serving families in ORMOND BEACH, Florida. It enrolls 1,007 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 27% larger than the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
VOLUSIA enrolls 61,765 students, and its 87 schools include ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The student body at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 66% White. Other reported shares: 16% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. The school has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.6:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Federal data show 50% of students (505) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 53% average for public schools in Volusia County.
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Florida public middle schools.
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.2% versus 56.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
American Community Survey estimates for Volusia County show that the median household earns about $70,044 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Volusia County, 90 public schools serve about 61,765 students.
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.8 miles from ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 7.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 58 students, from 949 to 1,007.
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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 ORMOND BEACH
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 737 students
- PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 652 students
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- RIVERVIEW LEARNING CENTERCombined · 47 students
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSHigh · 30 students
Nearby schools
- ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 363
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS2.0 mi · 30
- RIVERVIEW LEARNING CENTER2.3 mi · 47
- TOMOKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 652
- PINE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 737
- SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,587
Frequently asked questions
About ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,007 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 10% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ORMOND BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ORMOND 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.