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What's the biggest difference between ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
898
Middle
DISTRICT 1,121 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171002103
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
250 SLADE DR, LONGWOOD, FL 32750 · (407) 746-9350 · Seminole County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL898 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
345 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 283 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 321 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
68.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
80.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 80.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 83.1% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 898 | 38.4% | 72.2% |
| SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES SARASOTA | 747 | 40.2% | 74.6% |
| INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 1,116 | 41.0% | 61.1% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 866 | 38.7% | 63.6% |
| DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 933 | 33.4% | 66.2% |
| GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 901 | 36.0% | 63.8% |
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 ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #75 of 560 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #72 of 560 ▼ 21 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #114 of 560 ▼ 16 | #5 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 898 | #220 of 584 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #282 of 547 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #299 of 553 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #423 of 565 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #348 of 379 | #11 of 12 |
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
898
-162 (-15%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,217
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 30.3:1
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 | 898 | 46.5 | 19.3:1 | 38% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 914 | 46.5 | 19.7:1 | 37% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 39.5 | 23.6:1 | 33% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 1,060 | 35 | 30.3:1 | 39% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 34% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 35% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 1,004 | 53 | 18.9:1 | 33% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 59 | 18.9:1 | 7% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 1,217 | 67 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
A medium-sized middle school in LONGWOOD, Florida, ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 898 students.
SEMINOLE (74 schools, 63,934 students) runs ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A majority of students at ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 58%, are White. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 59% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Dividing enrollment by its 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.3:1. Middle schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 19.6:1. Eligible students account for 38% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Seminole County average 47%.
The allk12 Grade for ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is A. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.2%, compared with a predicted 61.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Seminole County this way: median household income is about $85,761, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 77 public schools in Seminole County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,934.
The closest public school, WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles from ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL went from 1,060 students to 898. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 30.3:1 to 19.3:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in LONGWOOD
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,026 students
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,334 students
- SABAL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 923 students
- WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 800 students
- WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
- LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 573 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 785
- ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 577
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 2,026
- A SEMINOLE COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL2.2 mi · 210
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,334
- LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 898 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.