GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL

GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the intimate middle-grades schools in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, with 448 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 31% Black. Compared to Miami-Dade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.8%; this one comes in at 37.4%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LENORA BRAYNON SMITH ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 6%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 50% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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