STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL

STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized middle school in STUART, Florida, part of MARTIN, enrolls 777 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within MARTIN, which oversees 32 schools and 18,316 students, STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Martin County put median household income runs about $82,943, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Martin County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students), of which STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SPECTRUM ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 936 students in 2018 compared to 777 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.