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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,213
Middle
DISTRICT 874 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147001475
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
1975 S MICHIGAN AVE, ST CLOUD, FL 34769 · (407) 891-3200 · Osceola County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,213 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% 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
18.7:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
535 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 386 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 436 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 391 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 53.6% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,213 | 44.1% | 60.6% |
| HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST CLOUD | 1,165 | 44.4% | 59.2% |
| DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,097 | 49.0% | 54.2% |
| CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 999 | 41.5% | 61.9% |
| CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,013 | 50.6% | 61.7% |
| GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL GROVELAND | 985 | 40.0% | 43.7% |
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 ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #187 of 560 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #215 of 560 ▲ 68 | #1 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #224 of 560 ▲ 41 | #3 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,213 | #55 of 584 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #215 of 547 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #285 of 553 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #374 of 565 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #211 of 379 | #7 of 8 |
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
1,213
-43 (-3%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 1,213 | 65 | 18.7:1 | 44% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 1,200 | 65.5 | 18.3:1 | 59% (713) |
| 2022-23 | 1,229 | 69.5 | 17.7:1 | 60% (735) |
| 2020-21 | 1,256 | 68 | 18.5:1 | 45% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 1,379 | 77 | 17.9:1 | 50% (694) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 66 | 17.9:1 | 59% (705) |
| 2010-11 | 1,350 | 70 | 19.3:1 | 51% (683) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 42 | 21.7:1 | 36% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 43 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in ST CLOUD, Florida. The school reports 1,213 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 53% larger than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
OSCEOLA is made up of 83 schools with 75,388 students in all.
A majority of students at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL, 54%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 35% White, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 56% Hispanic share among all Osceola County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Dividing enrollment by its 65 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 8 points below the 52% average for public schools in Osceola County.
The allk12 Grade for ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.1% at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Osceola County show that median household income is about $72,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County, which together enroll about 74,164 students.
MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.3% on proficiency, and ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 60.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,256 to 1,213.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in ST CLOUD
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- VOYAGER K-8Elementary · 1,246 students
- HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- CANOE CREEK K-8Elementary · 1,155 students
- ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 721 students
Nearby schools
- MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 921
- OSCEOLA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE (SECONDARY)0.2 mi · 148
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,596
- CREATIVE INSPIRATION JOURNEY SCHOOL OF ST CLOUD1.2 mi · 550
- HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,078
- ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 721
Frequently asked questions
About ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,213 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.7:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 35% White, 54% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.