TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL

TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-tier junior high in OVIEDO, Florida, part of SEMINOLE, caters to 1,060 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 74 schools in SEMINOLE (63,934 students total), TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Seminole County shows median household earnings sit near $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Seminole County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, TUSKAWILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 1,105 students in 2018 compared to 1,060 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 50% to 42% over that span.

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