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Southwest Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
451 Eldron Blvd Se
Palm Bay, FL 32909
Phone
(321) 952-5800
District
BREVARD
County
BREVARD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
920
Classroom Teachers
46

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.8% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Southwest Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
47%
37%
47%
32%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
50%
37%
47%
23%
53%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
17
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 448 48.7%
Grade 8 472 51.3%
Total 920 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 48.7% 63.6% 37.2%
Black 27.5% 16.0% 21.8%
Hispanic 21.8% 17.5% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 2.4% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.6% 47.0% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 53.0% 42.5% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.6% 4.5% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 610,723 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 601.7 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.7% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.5% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 24.0% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 246,650 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.7% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.9% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.6% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.1% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.0% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.7% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 7.0% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,502 $407,867,000 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $393 $29,132,000 3.7%
Staff $748 $55,475,000 7.1%
General Administration $81 $5,989,000 0.8%
School Administration $547 $40,524,000 5.2%
Operation $1,055 $78,182,000 10.0%
Transportation $233 $17,287,000 2.2%
Other $213 $15,797,000 2.0%
Total Support $3,270 $242,386,000 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,754 $130,042,000 16.7%
Total Expenditures $10,527 $780,295,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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