TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 601 E LAFAYETTE ST, in PERRY, Florida, TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small intermediate school that instructs 503 students (grades 6 through 8), run under TAYLOR. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

TAYLOR runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,524 students. TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Taylor County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 44.7%.

In the surrounding community, Taylor County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,073 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Taylor County (combined enrollment of about 2,524 students).

The closest other public school is TAYLOR PAEC VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 9%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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