WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL

WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of medium-sized scale in GULF BREEZE, Florida, part of SANTA ROSA, teacheing 882 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within SANTA ROSA, which oversees 38 schools and 29,643 students, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Rosa County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Rosa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,922 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in Santa Rosa County (combined enrollment of about 29,382 students).

EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 72.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 19%, going from 1,089 students in 2018 to 882 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 68% over that span.

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