SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL

SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the average-sized middle schools in LIVE OAK, Florida, overseen by SUWANNEE, with 971 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Within SUWANNEE, which oversees 10 schools and 6,004 students, SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suwannee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,658, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Suwannee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,004 students), SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 994 (now 971). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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