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If you had an hour of school board time for POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,041
Middle
DISTRICT 595 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081002434
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
4100 BARCLAY AVE, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34609 · (352) 797-7095 · Hernando County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,041 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
548 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 362 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 348 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 331 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
52.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 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 are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 46.2% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,041 | 52.6% | 51.1% |
| DELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DELAND | 1,059 | 53.6% | 46.4% |
| RIVER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 1,218 | 50.4% | 47.4% |
| LAKELAND HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,118 | 52.4% | 54.0% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 858 | 53.5% | 57.0% |
| STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 904 | 51.9% | 58.5% |
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 POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #314 of 560 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #249 of 560 ▲ 117 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #304 of 560 ▲ 16 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,041 | #122 of 584 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #240 of 547 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #205 of 553 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #265 of 565 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #98 of 137 | N/A |
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
1,041
+105 (+11%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,041 | 55 | 18.9:1 | 53% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 1,061 | 53 | 20.0:1 | 58% (618) |
| 2022-23 | 1,004 | 51 | 19.7:1 | 50% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 936 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 52% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 59 | 16.7:1 | 56% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 832 | 47 | 17.7:1 | 66% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 50% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 1,083 | 52 | 20.8:1 | 28% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 52 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in BROOKSVILLE, Florida, one of the schools in HERNANDO. It had 1,041 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Florida enroll about 794 students on average.
The district for POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is HERNANDO, with 29 schools and 23,734 students.
About 50% of students at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Hernando County, the White share is about 76%. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. The school has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Federal data show 53% of students (548) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hernando County average a similar 53%.
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.1% and a predicted 54.8%.
Census data for Hernando County show the median household earns about $66,058 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Hernando County number 31, with about 23,734 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.8%; POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 51.1%, ranking 4th of 7.
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 105 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 17.7:1 in 2020-21 and 18.9:1 in 2024-25.
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
Other schools in BROOKSVILLE
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGHHigh · 1,293 students
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 943 students
- CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 783 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 754 students
Other Powell Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Powell Middle. POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Powell Middle SchoolPowell, TN · 810 students
- Powell Middle SchoolJackson, MS · 704 students
- Powell Middle SchoolPowell, WY · 387 students
Nearby schools
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH1.0 mi · 1,456
- NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGH1.5 mi · 1,293
- CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 783
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.5 mi · 20
- JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 920
- HERNANDO COUNTY JAIL2.2 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,041 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.9:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of HERNANDO.
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