TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in TAVARES, Florida, TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier junior high, operated by LAKE. It instructs 933 students across grades 6 through 8.

LAKE comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 47,997 students; TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $73,161, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKE COUNTY ACER PROGRAM, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. TAVARES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,131 (now 933). White enrollment moved from 62% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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