WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 700 HUEY ST, in WILDWOOD, Florida, WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is a compact four-year high school that caters to 710 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within SUMTER. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

SUMTER runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 10,013 students. WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Sumter County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Sumter County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 44.8%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Across the wider county, Sumter County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,508 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Sumter County (combined enrollment of about 10,013 students).

The closest other public school is WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILDWOOD MIDDLE/ HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 708 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 24% over that span.

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