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Enrollment
455
Middle
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA·NCES 120036000359
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY
646 SE PENNSYLVANIA ST, LAKE CITY, FL 32025 · (386) 755-8130 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest 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
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
251 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 455 | 100% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within COLUMBIA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY this school | 455 | 55.2% | 56.0% |
| A. L. MEBANE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALACHUA | 385 | 50.1% | 44.6% |
| STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 557 | 59.4% | 39.0% |
| ANDREW JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 505 | 49.5% | 48.7% |
| BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL STARKE | 408 | 60.5% | 43.1% |
| JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL ROCKLEDGE | 447 | 49.7% | 59.0% |
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 RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #241 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #295 of 560 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #240 of 560 ▼ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #491 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #81 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #155 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #234 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #210 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
455
-62 (-12%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
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 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 55% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 25.4 | 16.5:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 25.4 | 17.7:1 | 61% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 55% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 59% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 66% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 76% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 61% (437) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY.
About RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY is a public middle school run by COLUMBIA in LAKE CITY, Florida. The school offers grade 6 and enrolls 455 students. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 43% below that mark.
COLUMBIA runs RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY along with 15 other schools, enrolling 9,815 students in total.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY, more than any other group. The remaining students are 33% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Columbia County, the White share is about 72%. The diversity index for RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Columbia County is close, at 55%.
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Florida public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 53.5% at RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.0%.
In Columbia County, home to about 71,789 people, median household income comes to about $59,205, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,815, RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY among them.
Measured in a straight line, MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 56.0% is above the 50.1% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Enrollment fell 12% over 4 years, reaching 455 in 2024-25.
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,789
Census ACS
Median income
$59,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,101 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
Other schools in LAKE CITY
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 635
- PREK ESE1.0 mi · 7
- NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 307
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 655
- SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 492
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 809
Frequently asked questions
About RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMYHow many students attend RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY?
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 455 students in grades 06-06.
Is RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
How many teachers does RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY have?
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY?
Student demographics at RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY are roughly 47% White, 9% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY in?
RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY is part of COLUMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.