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Enrollment
1,132
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000213
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
701 SE 6TH AVE, DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33441 · (754) 322-3300 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,132 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
21.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
579 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 400 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 346 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 386 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
41.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 37.7% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,132 | 51.1% | 46.0% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 925 | 50.8% | 44.1% |
| POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 1,087 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL MARGATE | 927 | 49.6% | 45.7% |
| EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL GIBSONTON | 1,174 | 54.5% | 34.0% |
| SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 1,141 | 46.4% | 58.5% |
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 DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #389 of 560 | #37 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #455 of 560 ▲ 7 | #39 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #436 of 560 ▼ 5 | #41 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,132 | #82 of 584 | #13 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #441 of 547 | #25 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #270 of 553 | #22 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #282 of 565 | #14 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #126 of 137 | #8 of 10 |
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
1,132
-59 (-5%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 780
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,132 | 53 | 21.4:1 | 51% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 1,127 | 60 | 18.8:1 | 57% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 1,140 | 54 | 21.1:1 | 72% (824) |
| 2020-21 | 1,191 | 61 | 19.5:1 | 69% (827) |
| 2017-18 | 1,113 | 72 | 15.5:1 | 87% (967) |
| 2015-16 | 1,111 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 79% (874) |
| 2010-11 | 1,186 | 77 | 15.4:1 | 74% (882) |
| 2000-01 | 1,223 | 55 | 22.2:1 | 59% (719) |
| 1990-91 | 780 | 41 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school located in DEERFIELD BEACH, Florida, in Broward County. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 1,132 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 43% larger than that mark.
A total of 325 schools make up BROWARD, with 243,591 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL are Black (52%). The remaining shares are 36% Hispanic, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Broward County's population at about 28%. The diversity index for DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 21.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 53. Middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1, 1.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 51%. For comparison, public schools in Broward County average 38%.
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Florida public middle schools.
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.0%) and its predicted rate (55.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Broward County show that median household income comes to about $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Broward County counts 338 public schools with about 244,502 students.
SOMERSET ACADEMY KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 41.2%, lower than DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL's 46.0%.
In the federal locale system, DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 1,191 in 2020-21 to 1,132 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.5:1 to 21.4:1.
The DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in DEERFIELD BEACH
- DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,120 students
- QUIET WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,072 students
- DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 572 students
- DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 391 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY KEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 370
- SOMERSET ACADEMY KEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 301
- DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 391
- DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 572
- PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 549
- DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,120
Frequently asked questions
About DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,132 students in grades 06-08.
Is DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 36% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
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