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BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in MIAMI, Florida, BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a modestly sized intermediate school, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. It works with 477 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 49% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
Looking at school resources, BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.9%; actual is 34.3%, a gap of -17.5 points.
In the broader community, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
The closest other public school is EARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 477). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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