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Enrollment
503
Middle
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAYLOR·NCES 120186001949
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
601 E LAFAYETTE ST, PERRY, FL 32347 · (850) 838-2516 · Taylor County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 38.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
337 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 166 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 36% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL→TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within TAYLOR. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 49.3% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 503 | 67.0% | 44.7% |
| BRADFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL STARKE | 408 | 60.5% | 43.1% |
| MARTIN LUTHER KING MIDDLE SCHOOL MILTON | 621 | 65.5% | 49.7% |
| D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 745 | 63.8% | 44.3% |
| STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 557 | 59.4% | 39.0% |
| GIFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 608 | 64.6% | 53.0% |
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 TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #403 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #325 of 560 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #419 of 560 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #474 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #50 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #298 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #87 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #256 of 379 |
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
503
-129 (-20%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 67% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 80% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 64% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 62% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 55% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 58% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 65% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 765 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 49% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 886 | 51 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in Florida, located in PERRY. The school counted 503 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 37% below the average for middle schools in Florida.
TAYLOR has a total of 7 schools and 2,524 students, TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
More than half of enrollment at TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White: 58%. Enrollment also includes 27% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's White share is 14 points below the 73% share among Taylor County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
For every teacher at TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are about 16.2 students; the school has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 337 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment. That is in line with the 65% average for public schools in Taylor County.
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Florida public middle schools.
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 44.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 47.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Taylor County show that the median household earns about $49,073 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Taylor County has 9 public schools with about 2,524 students, including TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 0.2 miles separate TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, TAYLOR PAEC VIRTUAL FRANCHISE. Other public schools within five miles: 5. TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 129 students, from 632 to 503. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 21.8:1 to 16.2:1.
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,503
Census ACS
Median income
$49,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TAYLOR
- TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 639 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRE-KElementary · 148 students
- STEINHATCHEE SCHOOLElementary · 112 students
- TAYLOR PAEC VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 3 students
Other schools in PERRY
- TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 639 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRE-KElementary · 148 students
- TAYLOR PAEC VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 3 students
- TAYLOR COUNTY JAIL SERVICESHigh
Other Taylor County Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Taylor County Middle. TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Taylor County Middle SchoolGrafton, WV · 640 students
- Taylor County Middle SchoolCampbellsville, KY · 586 students
- Taylor County Middle SchoolButler, GA · 245 students
Nearby schools
- TAYLOR PAEC VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.2 mi · 3
- TAYLOR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 639
- TAYLOR COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 545
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRE-K0.6 mi · 148
- TAYLOR COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 574
- JOANN BRIDGES ACADEMY23.1 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 503 students in grades 06-08.
Is TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 58% White, 5% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
TAYLOR COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by TAYLOR.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.