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Enrollment
721
Middle
DISTRICT 712 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001339
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
201 RACETRACK RD NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 · (850) 833-3613 · Okaloosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
20.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
514 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 216 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
45.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 58.8% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 721 | 71.3% | 50.8% |
| SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 842 | 69.8% | 46.0% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY DUNDEE | 725 | 72.0% | 54.8% |
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 W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #323 of 560 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #278 of 560 ▼ 48 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #387 of 560 ▼ 2 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #360 of 584 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #344 of 547 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #94 of 553 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #55 of 565 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #88 of 137 | #4 of 6 |
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
721
-41 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 721 | 36 | 20.0:1 | 71% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 69% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 69% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 74% (565) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 70% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 69% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 57% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 885 | 47 | 18.8:1 | 34% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, is home to W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 721 students enrolled.
OKALOOSA enrolls 32,120 students in 49 schools, including W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic (47%). The remaining students are 27% White, 15% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Okaloosa County is about 11% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
A ratio of 20.0:1 comes from the school's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Florida average about 19.6:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 71% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Okaloosa County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.4%. W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 50.8%.
In Okaloosa County (population about 216,599), median household income is about $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 51 public schools operate in Okaloosa County, serving about 32,120 students.
Nearby, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away. W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 721, 5% below the 762 of 2020-21.
Discussions about W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Other schools in FORT WALTON BEACH
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOLElementary · 977 students
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,720
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 977
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 609
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 471
- OKALOOSA TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.5 mi · 42
- SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN2.1 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades 06-08.
Is W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 47% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OKALOOSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.