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Storm Grove Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
530th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,216 Florida Middle Schools
Better than 56% of Florida middle schools
Summary

Storm Grove Middle School in Vero Beach, FL, serves 904 students in grades 6-8 and is part of the highly-rated Indian River School District. The school has a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it in the middle of the pack statewide, and operates with notable efficiency, spending roughly $2,000 to $3,400 less per student than nearby schools like Oslo Middle School and Gifford Middle School while achieving comparable or better overall rankings.

Storm Grove’s standout strength is its exceptional advanced math program. In recent years, proficiency rates for Algebra 1 and Geometry End-of-Course exams have consistently exceeded 80% and 90%, respectively—far above district and state averages. However, this creates a "tale of two math programs": while top students thrive, grade-level math performance is a weakness, particularly in 8th grade, where only 42% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, well below the district average of 58%. The school also shows a concerning decline in English Language Arts proficiency as students progress, dropping from 63% in 6th grade to 59% in 8th grade.

A major challenge is chronic absenteeism, which has more than doubled since before the pandemic to 35.7% in 2023-2024—higher than the state average and significantly above the 15.8% rate at nearby Sebastian Charter Junior High School, a 5-star charter school that outperforms Storm Grove in nearly every subject. This absenteeism, combined with larger class sizes (19.6:1 student-teacher ratio vs. 16.3:1 at the charter), may be holding Storm Grove back from achieving a higher performance tier. While the school excels in Civics (81% proficiency) and advanced math, addressing these attendance and grade-level math issues will be key to improving its overall trajectory.

904
Students ?
19.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,502
Per pupil spending ?
51.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6400 57th St
       Vero Beach, FL  32967

(772) 564-6400

District: Indian River


Feeder schools for Storm Grove Middle School:

Elementary:    Dodgertown Elementary School
    Pelican Island Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

White:
54.4%
Hispanic:
23.5%
African American:
14.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 70th percentile in 2016 → 56th in 2026
Strengths
Test scores above the Florida average (66% vs 61% meeting standards)
Above the Florida median (56th percentile)
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2016
!Near the bottom of Indian River's ranking
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school66%
District avg66%
Florida avg61%
530th of 1,216
Florida public middle schools ?
Top 44%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From top 30% (2016) to top 44% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 5Middle Schools in the Indian River
7th of 70Indian River among Florida districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankFlorida percentileRating
202656.0530 of 121656.4%★★★☆☆
202560.1459 of 120561.9%★★★☆☆
202451.9562 of 119653.0%★★★☆☆
202352.4531 of 117754.9%★★★☆☆
202254.3487 of 114857.6%★★★☆☆
202159.8427 of 113662.4%★★★☆☆
201952.6520 of 109952.7%★★★☆☆
201854.6456 of 103555.9%★★★☆☆
201758.5408 of 103160.4%★★★☆☆
201666.6303 of 99769.6%★★★☆☆
201454.2456 of 99954.4%★★★☆☆
201349.9492 of 95648.5%★★☆☆☆
201265.0310 of 89765.4%★★★☆☆
201164.8323 of 89163.7%★★★☆☆
By subject vs Florida (2025-2026) ?
Geometry96%+40 vs state
Algebra 183%+20 vs state
Civics81%+4 vs state
Science64%+12 vs state
English Language Arts61%~ state avg
Math57%~ state avg

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2025–26 EOC, FAST & Statewide Science test scoresJun 26, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataMar 20, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesJan 13, 2026
2024–25 EOC, FAST & Statewide Science test scoresJun 26, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Florida Department of Education.

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