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What tradition at SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
872
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002901
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
2420 SE MORNINGSIDE BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34952 · (772) 337-5900 · St. Lucie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
19.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
557 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 287 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%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
54.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.0pp 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 65 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 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.4% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 49.6% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 872 | 63.9% | 53.7% |
| FORT KING MIDDLE SCHOOL OCALA | 918 | 63.3% | 39.7% |
| ORANGE PARK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 832 | 66.8% | 50.4% |
| MARTHA B. KING MIDDLE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 897 | 65.6% | 47.9% |
| MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 677 | 66.3% | 55.3% |
| MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL BRANDON | 977 | 61.5% | 37.0% |
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 SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #279 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #208 of 560 ▲ 119 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #272 of 560 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #240 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #289 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #33 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #121 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #83 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
872
+114 (+15%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 1,132
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 872 | 45 | 19.4:1 | 64% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 46 | 18.8:1 | 62% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 69% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 67% (507) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 68% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 74% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 953 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 64% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 1,132 | 47 | 24.1:1 | 56% (630) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. It reports enrollment of 872 students in grades 6 through 8.
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a school in ST. LUCIE. The district has 53 schools and 49,308 students.
White students account for 34% of enrollment at SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other students are 33% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Lucie County residents are about 57% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 71%.
The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Of all students at SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, 64% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL 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 59% of Florida public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 49.2% and the result is 53.7%.
For St. Lucie County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,457 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Public schools in St. Lucie County number 57, with about 50,809 students.
MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 53.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose 15% over 4 years, reaching 872 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.8:1 in 2020-21, and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
The SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Other Southport Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southport Middle. SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Southport Middle SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 1,304 students
Nearby schools
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 653
- VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL1.7 mi · 586
- MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 792
- FLORESTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 659
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,793
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,722
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 872 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 34% White, 33% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.