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How has WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
710
High
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMTER·NCES 120180001941
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL
700 HUEY ST, WILDWOOD, FL 34785 · (352) 748-1314 · Sumter County
GRADES 06–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
351 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 147 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 14% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
48.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL this school | 710 | 49.4% | 44.8% |
| PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 1,359 | 51.9% | 35.9% |
| NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL NEWBERRY | 791 | 47.2% | 59.2% |
| FRANK H. PETERSON ACADEMIES JACKSONVILLE | 1,167 | 45.1% | 41.6% |
| LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG | 1,724 | 47.7% | 33.0% |
| SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY PORT SAINT LUCIE | 1,463 | 48.3% | 65.4% |
Matched among Florida high 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 WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #411 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #316 of 549 ▼ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #390 of 559 ▼ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #450 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #40 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #51 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #246 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #241 of 246 |
Ranked against other public high 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
710
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 710 | 43.8 | 16.2:1 | 49% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 53% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 63% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 54% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 46 | 15.4:1 | 81% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 81% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 75% (533) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 42% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL.
About WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL
Students in WILDWOOD, Florida, attend WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. School enrollment was 710 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students.
SUMTER enrolls 10,013 students in 12 schools, including WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL.
Enrollment at WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% White, 24% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Sumter County overall, about 7% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1 at WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL, with 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 49% of enrollment. Among public schools in Sumter County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is 11.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.8% actual, 56.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Sumter County census figures show that median household income is about $76,508, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 14 public schools operate in Sumter County, serving about 10,013 students.
The shortest distance from WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. The school's 44.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 723 in 2020-21 and 710 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.8:1 to 16.2:1.
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Sumter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,408
Census ACS
Median income
$76,508
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
10,013 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SUMTER
- VILLAGES CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 4,062 students
- SOUTH SUMTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,077 students
- SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- BUSHNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 752 students
- WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
Other schools in WILDWOOD
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 678 students
- WILDWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 678
- WILDWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 409
- VILLAGES CHARTER SCHOOL4.7 mi · 4,062
- RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER7.2 mi · 242
- FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 688
- THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL?
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 710 students in grades 06-12.
Is WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL have?
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 33% White, 24% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL?
WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SUMTER in Sumter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.