SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1700 S FRENCH AVE, in SANFORD, Florida, SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a sizable middle-grades school that works with 1,385 students (grades 6 through 8), part of SEMINOLE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 74% larger than that benchmark.

SEMINOLE runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 63,934 students. SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Asian (28%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 5% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Seminole County) records that median household income runs about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Seminole County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), of which SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 1,570 students in 2018 compared to 1,385 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 14% to 28%.

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