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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,017
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001242
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL
5602 38TH AVENUE WEST, BRADENTON, FL 34209 · (941) 741-3157 · Manatee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,017 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
674 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 353 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 303 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 361 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
27.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 31.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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 W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,017 | 66.3% | 30.2% |
| TURKEY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 1,000 | 66.7% | 34.8% |
| CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 836 | 67.5% | 58.6% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 973 | 67.4% | 34.4% |
| BUCHANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 928 | 62.7% | 34.9% |
| DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF LAKE ALFRED LAKE ALFRED | 1,039 | 66.8% | 52.9% |
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. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #549 of 560 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #535 of 560 ▼ 22 | #9 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #550 of 560 ▼ 17 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,017 | #136 of 584 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #492 of 547 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #326 of 553 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #96 of 565 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #17 of 137 | N/A |
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
1,017
-15 (-1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,059
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,017 | 45 | 22.6:1 | 66% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 1,009 | 54 | 18.7:1 | 68% (689) |
| 2022-23 | 1,010 | 53 | 19.1:1 | 72% (723) |
| 2020-21 | 1,032 | 59 | 17.5:1 | 64% (664) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 48 | 16.2:1 | 79% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 70% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 830 | 43 | 19.3:1 | 68% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 41% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 1,059 | 55 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in BRADENTON, Florida, are served by W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The student body numbers 1,017 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
MANATEE runs W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 79 other schools, enrolling 54,215 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 63% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 18% White, 14% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Manatee County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1 at W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 22.6:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 66% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Manatee County report 51%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. It scores 30.2%; the prediction is 48.0%.
Across Manatee County, the median household income is $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Manatee County has 86 public schools and roughly 54,208 students.
Of nearby public schools, H. S. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 30.2% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,032) and 2024-25 (1,017). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Manatee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
429,792
Census ACS
Median income
$78,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
54,208 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANATEE
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,266 students
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
Other schools in BRADENTON
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,638 students
- TEAM SUCCESS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCECombined · 1,441 students
- BAYSHORE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,400 students
Nearby schools
- H. S. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 602
- SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 502
- ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 721
- MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES1.4 mi · 111
- ELECTA LEE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 679
- JESSIE P. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,017 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
How diverse is W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 18% White, 63% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MANATEE in Manatee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.