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What's something HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
732
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000551
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL
531 W 29TH ST, HIALEAH, FL 33012 · (305) 822-6601 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
23.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
526 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 | 216 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 295 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 30% |
Student demographics
5%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
Students here typically continue to
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL→HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
33.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
42.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 34.5% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 732 | 71.9% | 42.0% |
| IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 783 | 76.6% | 54.0% |
| MATER ACADEMY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 870 | 68.2% | 66.5% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 594 | 79.1% | 67.8% |
| PIERCE MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 858 | 67.4% | 35.7% |
| PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 698 | 61.5% | 41.9% |
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 HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #442 of 560 | #60 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #465 of 560 ▲ 28 | #60 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #505 of 560 no change | #64 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #349 of 584 | #23 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #518 of 547 | #55 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.8% | #547 of 553 | #64 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #49 of 565 | #11 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #125 of 137 | #13 of 13 |
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
732
+162 (+28%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,535
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 732 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 72% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 33 | 21.9:1 | 72% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 71% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 94% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 86% (619) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 40 | 21.9:1 | 94% (825) |
| 2010-11 | 1,160 | 59 | 19.7:1 | 91% (1,054) |
| 2000-01 | 1,579 | 71 | 22.2:1 | 85% (1,344) |
| 1990-91 | 1,535 | 73 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle-grades school in HIALEAH, Florida. Enrollment stands at 732 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students, and HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL, 98% of students are Hispanic. That is higher than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. The diversity index for HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. About 72% of students at HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Miami-Dade County report 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 28% of Florida public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 45.2% and the result is 42.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that the median household earns about $71,753 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on proficiency.
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 570 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 732 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.4:1 to 23.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 620
- IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 783
- IMATER PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 994
- JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 452
- IMATER ACADEMY0.7 mi · 590
- BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 732 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
How diverse is HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Who oversees HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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