GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL

GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL, a tight-knit middle-grades school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, enrolls 533 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 33% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 66.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. GLADES 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 TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 40%: 894 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 90% to 95%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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