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What's the one class at GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000553
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
9451 SW 64TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33173 · (305) 271-3342 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
242 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 131 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 40% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 66.9% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 533 | 45.4% | 66.0% |
| HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 486 | 47.7% | 53.8% |
| RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 484 | 51.4% | 50.9% |
| WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 599 | 51.6% | 39.4% |
| RENAISSANCE MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL DORAL | 391 | 44.0% | 59.3% |
| PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 483 | 52.4% | 55.9% |
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 GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #132 of 560 | #21 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #150 of 560 ▼ 2 | #22 of 72 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #166 of 560 ▲ 36 | #25 of 72 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #460 of 584 | #37 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #318 of 547 | #31 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #536 of 553 | #53 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #356 of 565 | #55 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #17 of 379 | #7 of 49 |
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
533
-255 (-32%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,246
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 533 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 45% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 52% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 56% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 41 | 19.2:1 | 69% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 41 | 21.8:1 | 64% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 1,037 | 46 | 22.5:1 | 70% (724) |
| 2010-11 | 1,211 | 63 | 19.2:1 | 65% (784) |
| 2000-01 | 1,680 | 61 | 27.5:1 | 41% (691) |
| 1990-91 | 1,246 | 61 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL runs as a small middle school in MIAMI, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 533 students. Enrollment is 33% lower than the average for middle schools in Florida, which is about 794.
MIAMI-DADE oversees GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL and 526 other schools, with 335,685 students in total.
At GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 95% of the student body. Smaller groups are 4% White. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 10%.
The school reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.7 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 19.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.4%.
Federal survey data for Miami-Dade County show that median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
The closest public school, TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY, is about 0.2 miles from GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 533, 32% below the 788 of 2020-21.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Other Glades Middle schools
One other US public school is named Glades Middle. GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMIRAMAR, FL · 1,030 students
Nearby schools
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY0.2 mi · 333
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY0.5 mi · 1,450
- PREK INTERVENTION0.5 mi · 355
- SNAPPER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 362
- BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 348
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 2,599
Frequently asked questions
About GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 06-08.
Is GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.