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Which teacher or staff member at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
997
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002590
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
451 ELDRON BLVD SE, PALM BAY, FL 32909 · (321) 952-5800 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
19.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
537 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 522 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 475 | 48% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
47.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 46.2% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 997 | 53.9% | 44.0% |
| LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 809 | 52.3% | 53.3% |
| SHOAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 923 | 57.7% | 66.6% |
| PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 858 | 53.5% | 57.0% |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 948 | 47.6% | 48.3% |
| LARGO MIDDLE SCHOOL LARGO | 752 | 54.9% | 47.1% |
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 SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #421 of 560 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #405 of 560 ▼ 37 | #9 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #372 of 560 ▼ 29 | #12 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 997 | #156 of 584 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #266 of 547 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #55 of 553 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #251 of 565 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #40 of 137 | N/A |
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
997
+93 (+10%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,319
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 997 | 52 | 19.2:1 | 54% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 58% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 920 | 46 | 20.0:1 | 58% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 904 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 68% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 53 | 15.9:1 | 61% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 881 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 66% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 1,016 | 70 | 14.5:1 | 55% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 1,337 | 75 | 17.8:1 | 39% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 1,319 | 71 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school in PALM BAY, Florida, (ZIP code 32909). It educates 997 students in grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students.
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 109 schools in BREVARD, which enrolls 73,587 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is White (42%). Enrollment also includes 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The school's White share is 31 points below the 73% share among Brevard County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
At SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, 52 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.2:1. Middle schools in Florida average about 19.6:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 54% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Brevard County is 42%.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is -10.2 points: 44.0% actual, 54.2% predicted.
Brevard County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 113 public schools in Brevard County.
The nearest public school is JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 907 students
Other Southwest Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 10 states are named Southwest Middle. SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEORLANDO, FL · 1,290 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLLAKELAND, FL · 746 students
- Southwest Middle SchoolCharlotte, NC · 1,205 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLSEARCY, AR · 913 students
- Southwest MiddleGastonia, NC · 832 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 600
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY1.3 mi · 1,065
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 687
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR1.9 mi · 724
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 576
- JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 997 students in grades 07-08.
Is SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 42% White, 20% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
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