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Enrollment
842
Middle
DISTRICT 1,121 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001874
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 S WINTER PARK DR, CASSELBERRY, FL 32707 · (407) 746-1350 · Seminole County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
588 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 | 268 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 283 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%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
54.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 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 | 54.0% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 46.1% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 842 | 69.8% | 46.0% |
| W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 721 | 71.3% | 50.8% |
| DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFRED LAKE ALFRED | 1,039 | 66.8% | 52.9% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
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 SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #388 of 560 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #408 of 560 ▼ 38 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #278 of 560 ▲ 6 | #11 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #264 of 584 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #8 of 547 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #105 of 553 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #62 of 565 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #107 of 379 | #2 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
842
-248 (-23%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,226
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 842 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 70% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 56.3 | 16.1:1 | 71% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 995 | 43.6 | 22.8:1 | 69% (691) |
| 2020-21 | 1,090 | 44 | 24.8:1 | 71% (777) |
| 2017-18 | 1,084 | 83 | 13.1:1 | 64% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 1,140 | 80 | 14.3:1 | 65% (741) |
| 2010-11 | 1,153 | 67 | 17.2:1 | 57% (655) |
| 2000-01 | 1,302 | 70 | 18.6:1 | 31% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 1,226 | 61 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
A mid-sized middle school in CASSELBERRY, Florida, SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE. It teaches 842 students in grades 6 through 8.
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls under SEMINOLE, which has 74 schools enrolling 63,934 students.
No group is above 50% at SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 46%. Other reported shares: 29% White, 17% Black, and 6% multiracial. Seminole County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 22 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Seminole County.
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Florida public middle schools.
Test results at SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.0% actual, 46.2% predicted).
In Seminole County, home to about 481,470 people, the median household earns about $85,761 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Seminole County with 76 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 842, from 1,090 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 24.8:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 CASSELBERRY
- RED BUG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 811 students
- CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 716 students
- STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 700 students
Nearby schools
- CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 716
- STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 700
- ENGLISH ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 637
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,334
- MAITLAND MIDDLE2.3 mi · 786
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,026
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 842 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 29% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SEMINOLE in Seminole County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.