VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL

VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a very small middle-grades school in VERNON, Florida, run under WASHINGTON. Current enrollment sits at 259 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 794.

Across the 9 schools in WASHINGTON (3,204 students total), VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black, 7% multiracial. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Washington County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,210 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,204 students), VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. VERNON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 259). Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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