STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a junior high of mid-tier scale in VERO BEACH, Florida, overseen by INDIAN RIVER, instructing 904 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 28 schools in INDIAN RIVER (16,621 students total), STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Indian River County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

In the surrounding community, Indian River County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,491 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Indian River County (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students).

NORTH COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 1,011 students in 2018 compared to 904 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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