STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL

STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in MELBOURNE, Florida, run under BREVARD, with 557 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

BREVARD runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 73,587 students. STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 31% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Brevard County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 39.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Brevard County indicate median household income runs about $78,476, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 32% since 2018, when it stood at 822 (now 557). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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