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If you had an hour of school board time for FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
2,096
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018004316
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
4251 BONAVENTURE BLVD, WESTON, FL 33332 · (754) 323-3200 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,096 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
178 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 663 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 700 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 733 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%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
79.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
86.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 86.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 83.9% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 →
Where FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #30 of 560 | #4 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #38 of 560 | #5 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #33 of 560 | #4 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,096 | #1 of 584 | #1 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #524 of 547 | #39 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #317 of 553 | #29 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #275 of 379 | #28 of 34 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,096
-171 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 21.6:1
% White
19%
was 26%
% Hispanic
63%
was 60%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
12%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,096 | 87 | 24.1:1 | 8% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 2,199 | 90.2 | 24.4:1 | 14% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 2,178 | 91.2 | 23.9:1 | 18% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 2,267 | 105 | 21.6:1 | 18% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle-grades school FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in WESTON, Florida. The school reports 2,096 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 164% larger than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 325 schools in BROWARD, which enrolls 243,591 students in total.
Hispanic students account for 63% of enrollment at FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 19% White, 12% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Broward County is roughly 33% Hispanic. FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 87 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 24.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, lower than at this school. FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 8%. The rate at public schools in Broward County averages 38%, higher than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.9% for FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 80.7%, 3.8 points above the prediction.
Broward County has these Census figures: median household income is about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 338 public schools in Broward County.
The school nearest to FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 2,267 to 2,096. The share of White students dropped 7 points, from 26% to 19%. Students per teacher rose from 21.6 in 2017-18 to 24.1 in 2024-25.
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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 WESTON
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,308 students
- GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,156 students
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,139 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTONElementary · 1,093 students
- MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 978 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 4,579
- MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 978
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 823
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY F1.9 mi · 922
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINES HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,262
- SILVER TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,187
Frequently asked questions
About FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,096 students in grades 06-08.
Is FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 24.1:1 (87 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 19% White, 63% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
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