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Enrollment
882
Middle
DISTRICT 797 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165004446
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
1500 WOODLAWN WAY, GULF BREEZE, FL 32563 · (850) 934-4010 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL882 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
20.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
305 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 249 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 37% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
64.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 74.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 882 | 34.6% | 66.8% |
| RIVER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,026 | 33.7% | 53.5% |
| JOSEPH L. CARWISE MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 859 | 31.1% | 67.0% |
| YULEE MIDDLE SCHOOL YULEE | 1,174 | 32.2% | 76.2% |
| VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL VENICE | 732 | 39.5% | 66.2% |
| FERNANDINA BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL FERNANDINA BEACH | 721 | 35.2% | 75.7% |
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 WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #118 of 560 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #114 of 560 ▼ 14 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #149 of 560 ▲ 3 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 882 | #234 of 584 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #347 of 547 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #384 of 553 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #443 of 565 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #136 of 379 | #1 of 7 |
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
882
-79 (-8%) vs 2020
+33% since 2000-01, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 882 | 44 | 20.1:1 | 35% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 945 | 43 | 22.0:1 | 35% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 948 | 45 | 21.1:1 | 34% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 51 | 18.8:1 | 22% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 1,089 | 52 | 20.9:1 | 29% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 52 | 20.5:1 | 32% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 1,033 | 54 | 19.1:1 | 31% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 28% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school based in GULF BREEZE, Florida. It reported 882 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SANTA ROSA, where 38 schools serve 29,643 students.
More than half of enrollment at WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is White: 68%. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Santa Rosa County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 50%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 20.1:1, based on 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Lunch program data show 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Santa Rosa County, the school's rate is lower.
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Florida public middle schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.9%. WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 66.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Rosa County show that the median household earns about $91,922 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Santa Rosa County has 42 public schools with about 29,382 students, including WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A public school about 4.2 miles away, EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOL, is the closest to WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on proficiency.
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 961 (2020-21) to 882 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.8:1 to 20.1:1.
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Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in GULF BREEZE
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- GULF BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 865 students
- ORIOLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
- SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,100
- WEST NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 739
- ORIOLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 765
- WEST NAVARRE PRIMARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 666
- HOLLEY-NAVARRE MIDDLE SCHOOL7.2 mi · 823
- HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE7.3 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 882 students in grades 06-08.
Is WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
WOODLAWN BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SANTA ROSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.