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Enrollment
933
Middle
DISTRICT 843 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105001103
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL
1335 LANE PARK CUTOFF OFC, TAVARES, FL 32778 · (352) 343-4545 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
448 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 314 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 35% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
52.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 49.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 933 | 48.0% | 49.1% |
| STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 904 | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| EUSTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL EUSTIS | 790 | 48.0% | 41.6% |
| JIM C. BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 948 | 47.6% | 48.3% |
| OAK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 962 | 44.0% | 55.6% |
| SAFETY HARBOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SAFETY HARBOR | 956 | 44.0% | 50.9% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #343 of 560 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #337 of 560 ▼ 8 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #329 of 560 ▲ 26 | #3 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #189 of 584 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #41 of 547 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #148 of 553 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #327 of 565 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #154 of 379 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
933
-42 (-4%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 933 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 48% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 55 | 18.1:1 | 48% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 1,070 | 56 | 19.1:1 | 58% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 975 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 47% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 1,131 | 67 | 16.9:1 | 65% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 1,084 | 65 | 16.7:1 | 62% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 53% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 37% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 29 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school with its address in TAVARES, Florida. Enrollment stands at 933 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
The 60 schools in LAKE enroll 47,997 students altogether, TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
The student body at TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 50% White. The rest of enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Lake County, the White share is about 67%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 59 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.8:1. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. Roughly 48% of students at TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lake County averages 38%, lower than here.
In Florida, TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.1% actual against a predicted 57.1%.
In Lake County, median household income comes to about $73,161, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 67, with about 47,997 students.
Measured in a straight line, LAKE COUNTY ACER PROGRAM is about 2.2 miles from TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 975 to 933.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Other schools in TAVARES
- TAVARES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,458 students
- PINECREST ACADEMY TAVARESElementary · 972 students
- TAVARES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 870 students
- NONSCHOOL EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONCombined · 18 students
- LAKE COUNTY ACER PROGRAMHigh · 5 students
- NON SCHOOL PKElementary · 5 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE COUNTY ACER PROGRAM2.2 mi · 5
- TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,458
- NONSCHOOL EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION2.9 mi · 18
- NON SCHOOL PK2.9 mi · 5
- TAVARES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 870
- ASTATULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 933 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAKE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.