New rankings show Gainesville's top-rated and most-improved public middle schools
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How strong are the public middle schools in Gainesville?
With a fresh school year kicking off, we analyzed newly released data from Niche.com, which incorporates comprehensive report cards, rankings and reviews to help you choose the right school, to identify those schools that made the biggest strides last year, as well as those that top the city's best public middle school rankings.
Kanapaha Middle School's overall rating improved the most among its peers in Gainesville, rising from a B to a B+, according to data from Niche.
For the 2019-2020 school year, the school, located at 5005 S.W. 75th St., enrolls 973 students. Kanapaha Middle School serves a diverse population: 45% of students identify as white, 29% identify as black and 13% identify as Hispanic. Niche graded the school B+ for academics (on an A-D scale).
The overall ranking comes from Niche's proprietary algorithms. A school's ranking might change due to many factors, including the relative rankings of similar schools and whether a school gained or lost peers due to openings or closings. Other numbers come from current public data from the U.S. government.
Academically, 62% of Kanapaha Middle School's students scored proficient or above in math, and 56% did so in reading. That's compared to city averages of 56% in math and 56% in reading.
It's not the only school that's climbed Niche's rankings this year. Fort Clarke Middle School saw its overall rating jump from a B to a B+. The school is located at 9301 N.W. 23rd Ave. and currently serves 941 students, of whom 49% identify as white, 27% identify as black and 12% identify as Hispanic.
Niche graded Fort Clarke Middle School B+ for academics on an A-D scale. Its latest math proficiency was 60%, and reading proficiency was 61%.
Howard W. Bishop Middle School also saw improvement in its overall rating, from a B- to a B. The school is located at 1901 N.E. Ninth St. and has 723 students currently enrolled.
Niche graded Howard W. Bishop Middle School a B for academics on an A-D scale. The school's latest math proficiency was at 53%, and reading proficiency was 54%.
While some public middle schools are moving up the ranks, others are consistently top-rated overall, including:
Abraham Lincoln Middle School, with an overall rating of B+.
Westwood Middle School, with a B rating overall.
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