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Enrollment
481
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000125
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1275 S COURTENAY PKWY, MERRITT ISLAND, FL 32952 · (321) 453-5154 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
226 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 238 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 51% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
72.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +13.6pp since 2023
Math
74.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 64.3% |
% 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 481 | 47.0% | 66.2% |
| TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 649 | 46.1% | 59.7% |
| SEBASTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 690 | 47.7% | 68.5% |
| ERNEST WARD MIDDLE SCHOOL WALNUT HILL | 434 | 43.8% | 51.9% |
| MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 634 | 51.1% | 44.6% |
| LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 580 | 49.5% | 52.5% |
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 THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #125 of 560 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #118 of 560 ▲ 55 | #3 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #86 of 560 ▲ 68 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #483 of 584 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #155 of 547 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #339 of 553 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #341 of 565 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #94 of 379 | #6 of 10 |
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
481
-167 (-26%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 481 | 26.8 | 17.9:1 | 47% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 29.8 | 18.2:1 | 45% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 43% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 45% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 38% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 43% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 31% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 12% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 35 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in MERRITT ISLAND, Florida, as a small middle school. The student body numbers 481 students, from grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
BREVARD is made up of 109 schools with 73,587 students in all.
At THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, White students make up 65% of the student body. It is also 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Brevard County is roughly 73% White. THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.9:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 47%.
allk12 grades THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.2%, compared with a predicted 57.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Brevard County this way: the median household income is $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, Brevard County has 112 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 26%, to 481.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in MERRITT ISLAND
- MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,446 students
- EDGEWOOD JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 942 students
- LEWIS CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 569 students
- ROBERT L. STEVENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 481 students
- AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Thomas Jefferson Middle. THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 15th largest of the 18.
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolFAIR LAWN, NJ · 1,100 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 954 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMadera, CA · 948 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleLouisville, KY · 943 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEJEFFERSON CITY, MO · 927 students
Nearby schools
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 569
- EDGEWOOD JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 942
- MILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 382
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,579
- MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,446
- AUDUBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.