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What's the most underrated thing about STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000107
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
1101 E UNIVERSITY BLVD, MELBOURNE, FL 32901 · (321) 723-0741 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
331 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 | 290 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 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
48.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 | 48.6% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 36.9% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 557 | 59.4% | 39.0% |
| JINKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 541 | 59.5% | 35.8% |
| NORTH MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL CITRA | 738 | 62.2% | 42.7% |
| GIFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 608 | 64.6% | 53.0% |
| JEWETT MIDDLE ACADEMY MAGNET WINTER HAVEN | 566 | 58.3% | 59.8% |
| RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY LAKE CITY | 455 | 55.2% | 56.0% |
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 STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #479 of 560 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #499 of 560 ▼ 29 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #345 of 560 ▲ 3 | #10 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #451 of 584 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #157 of 547 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #45 of 553 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #183 of 565 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #43 of 379 | #2 of 10 |
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
557
-216 (-28%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 906
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 59% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 64% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 69% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 40 | 19.3:1 | 74% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 62% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 834 | 47 | 17.7:1 | 70% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 59% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 50% (406) |
| 1990-91 | 906 | 47 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in MELBOURNE, Florida, (ZIP code 32901). Its enrollment is 557 students, spread over grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
BREVARD, which runs STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 109 schools and 73,587 students.
Of every 100 students at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 40 are White, the largest group. The school is also 31% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 73% White share among all Brevard County residents. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL has a ratio of 18.0:1. Compared with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 59%. It compares with 42% for public schools in Brevard County.
The model predicts 51.4% for a school in Florida with STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 39.0%.
For the population of Brevard County, median household income comes to about $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brevard County counts 113 public schools with about 73,587 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 773 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 557 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 19.3:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,359
- UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 529
- PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL2.0 mi · 370
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 2,210
- RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 223
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 40% White, 18% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.