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How has TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
914
-298 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 20.5:1
% White
24%
was 37%
% Hispanic
25%
was 18%
% Black
40%
was 34%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at 8050 POINT MEADOWS DR, in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that serves 914 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by DUVAL.
TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that hosts 131,562 students overall.
In terms of who attends, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 24% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Duval County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.2%; actual is 42.8%, a gap of -16.5 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Duval County put median household earnings sit near $71,277, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 220 public schools in Duval County (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students).
The closest other public school is TWIN LAKES ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 55.9%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 25%, going from 1,212 students in 2018 to 914 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 37% to 24%.
On the community side, the feed for TWIN LAKES ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.
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