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What's the most underrated thing about PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,098
Middle
DISTRICT 809 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE·NCES 120024000302
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
1001 EDUCATION AVE, PUNTA GORDA, FL 33950 · (941) 575-5485 · Charlotte County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,098 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
19.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
468 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 368 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 389 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 31% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
51.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 53.8% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,098 | 42.6% | 51.0% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAVARRE | 823 | 41.4% | 70.2% |
| INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 1,116 | 41.0% | 61.1% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 933 | 46.8% | 54.1% |
| RANSOM MIDDLE SCHOOL CANTONMENT | 1,180 | 46.2% | 60.9% |
| BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM COAST | 1,310 | 44.6% | 53.9% |
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 PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #315 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #320 of 560 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #315 of 560 ▼ 91 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,098 | #96 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #276 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #379 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #390 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #332 of 379 |
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
1,098
+102 (+10%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 1,098 | 57 | 19.3:1 | 43% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 1,072 | 60 | 17.9:1 | 53% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 1,120 | 58 | 19.3:1 | 41% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 996 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 44% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 57 | 20.1:1 | 58% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 1,165 | 59 | 19.8:1 | 58% (677) |
| 2010-11 | 1,126 | 60 | 18.8:1 | 53% (602) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 53 | 20.7:1 | 36% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 801 | 40 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in PUNTA GORDA, Florida, under CHARLOTTE. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 1,098 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
The district, CHARLOTTE, operates 24 schools serving 16,997 students.
The student body at PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is 68% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Charlotte County, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 19.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 57. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 43%. The figure for public schools in Charlotte County is close, at 43%.
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Florida public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is -8.8 points: 51.0% actual, 59.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Charlotte County, median household income comes to about $69,952, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 25 public schools and about 16,997 students.
CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL sits about 0.2 miles from PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 59.2%, higher than PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL's 51.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal enrollment counts increased from 996 (2020-21) to 1,098 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 17.8:1 to 19.3:1.
The discussion board for PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Charlotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
201,064
Census ACS
Median income
$69,952
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
16,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,343 students
- BABCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLCombined · 1,053 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 814 students
Other schools in PUNTA GORDA
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 814 students
- SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 356 students
- BAKER/HEAD STARTElementary · 165 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,872
- SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 634
- BAKER/HEAD START0.7 mi · 165
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 356
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 814
- CHARLOTTE HARBOR SCHOOL3.8 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,098 students in grades 06-08.
Is PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
How diverse is PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by CHARLOTTE in Charlotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.