T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 100 E WASHINGTON AVE, in PIERSON, Florida, T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized senior high that caters to 1,044 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by VOLUSIA.

VOLUSIA runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 61,765 students. T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 36% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Volusia County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,044, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Volusia County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), of which T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,165 (now 1,044). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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