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What's the most underrated thing about TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
914
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048003361
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL
8050 POINT MEADOWS DR, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32256 · (904) 538-0825 · Duval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
400 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 273 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 317 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 324 | 35% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
34.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 36.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 914 | 43.8% | 42.8% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 854 | 47.9% | 43.1% |
| CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 752 | 46.3% | 57.5% |
| LANDMARK MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 876 | 40.9% | 55.8% |
| WOLF LAKE MIDDLE APOPKA | 1,146 | 43.2% | 60.8% |
| PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 999 | 46.2% | 44.6% |
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 TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #435 of 560 | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #490 of 560 ▼ 13 | #17 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #499 of 560 ▼ 41 | #15 of 26 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #207 of 584 | #8 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #328 of 547 | #13 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #30 of 553 | #4 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #380 of 565 | #19 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #83 of 379 | #8 of 19 |
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
914
-219 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 1,656
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 914 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 44% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 48 | 20.3:1 | 47% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 1,076 | 49 | 22.0:1 | 45% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 1,133 | 54 | 21.0:1 | 45% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 1,212 | 59 | 20.5:1 | 43% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 1,176 | 59 | 19.9:1 | 47% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 1,522 | 79 | 19.3:1 | 35% (538) |
| 2000-01 | 1,656 | 77 | 21.5:1 | 33% (539) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school found in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 914 students.
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL belongs to DUVAL, a district of 206 schools and 131,562 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is Black (40%). The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Duval County is about 29% Black. By the diversity index, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 71%.
The school has about 19.9 students per teacher and 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 19.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 44%.
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools: 42.8% actual against 59.2% predicted.
Census estimates describe Duval County this way: median household income is about $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Duval County number 220 and enroll about 141,209.
The shortest distance from TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to TWIN LAKES ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 914 was 19% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,133. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 21.0:1 to 19.9:1.
Discussions about TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUVAL
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- DUNCAN U. FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,184 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,887 students
- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Nearby schools
- TWIN LAKES ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 809
- ATLANTIC COAST HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,887
- DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT SOUTHSIDE2.9 mi · 1,064
- GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARTS3.1 mi · 411
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDA3.6 mi · 6,069
- FLORIDA CYBER CHARTER ACADEMY AT CLAY3.6 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 914 students in grades 06-08.
Is TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 24% White, 25% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.