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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
890
Middle
DISTRICT 834 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMTER·NCES 120180001936
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
773 NW 10TH AVE, WEBSTER, FL 33597 · (352) 793-2232 · Sumter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL890 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
428 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 298 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 32% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
64.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 65.3% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 890 | 48.1% | 65.1% |
| LAKE ASBURY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 940 | 50.1% | 68.5% |
| WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 1,040 | 51.2% | 58.2% |
| CREWS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SPRING HILL | 709 | 48.7% | 44.5% |
| FREEPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 790 | 45.8% | 65.2% |
| STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL STUART | 777 | 47.2% | 56.4% |
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 SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #145 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #169 of 560 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #157 of 560 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 890 | #230 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #101 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #303 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #326 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #112 of 137 |
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
890
+41 (+5%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 890 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 48% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 879 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 54% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 49 | 18.3:1 | 61% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 57% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 864 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 73% (633) |
| 2015-16 | 846 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 72% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 69% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 46 | 19.0:1 | 61% (531) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 36 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school in WEBSTER, Florida. It enrolls 890 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
SUMTER, which runs SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 12 schools and 10,013 students.
About 61% of the student body at SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is White. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Sumter County residents are about 85% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 52 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.1:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Roughly 48% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Sumter County is 11 points lower.
Among Florida public middle schools, SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.1%, compared with a predicted 57.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Sumter County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,508 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Sumter County has 14 public schools.
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 1.2 miles). There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Sumter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,408
Census ACS
Median income
$76,508
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
10,013 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SUMTER
- VILLAGES CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 4,062 students
- SOUTH SUMTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,077 students
- BUSHNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 752 students
- WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 710 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
Nearby schools
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 690
- BUSHNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 752
- SOUTH SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 1,077
- SUMTER PREP ACADEMY5.0 mi · 101
- SUMTER VIRTUAL FRANCHISE5.7 mi · 17
- SUMTER COUNTY VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM5.7 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 890 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SUMTER in Sumter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.