HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in MIAMI, Florida, HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized junior high, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. It caters to 999 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 7% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.6%; HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 89.4%, +24.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SOUTH, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 7%, going from 1,075 students in 2018 to 999 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 73% to 84% over that span.

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