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How has HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
999
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003163
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
17990 SW 142ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33177 · (305) 971-0158 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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
23.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
331 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 | 352 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 346 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 30% |
Student demographics
29%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
92.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
93.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.7% | 93.4% |
| 2023-24 | 87.6% | 88.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (89.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 999 | 33.1% | 89.4% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 1,056 | 31.2% | 75.7% |
| ARVIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 989 | 38.5% | 74.6% |
| FREEDOM MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,150 | 35.6% | 44.0% |
| SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH MIAMI | 720 | 37.5% | 66.5% |
| SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMETTO BAY | 1,063 | 31.2% | 74.5% |
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 HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #10 of 560 | #6 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.4% | #14 of 560 ▲ 9 | #6 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.7% | #7 of 560 ▲ 3 | #3 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 999 | #152 of 584 | #10 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #520 of 547 | #56 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #501 of 553 | #31 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #456 of 565 | #65 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #285 of 379 | #37 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
999
-43 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 1,134
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 999 | 42 | 23.8:1 | 33% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 1,008 | 45 | 22.4:1 | 40% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 1,005 | 45 | 22.3:1 | 40% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 1,042 | 44 | 23.7:1 | 61% (639) |
| 2017-18 | 1,075 | 45 | 23.9:1 | 48% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 1,216 | 52 | 23.4:1 | 46% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 1,165 | 55 | 21.2:1 | 49% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 1,134 | 44 | 25.8:1 | 41% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school with its address in MIAMI, Florida. The school had 999 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools with a combined 335,685 students. HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
Hispanic students are the large majority at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Black, 5% White, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Miami-Dade County residents are about 69% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Staffing totals 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.8:1. That ratio is over the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 33%. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 15 points higher.
allk12 grades HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL an A+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.6%. The school's actual rate is 89.4%, 24.9 points higher.
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in Miami-Dade County, where median household income is about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, which together enroll about 335,817 students.
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SOUTH is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 89.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,042 in 2020-21 and 999 in 2024-25, a decrease of 43 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- 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
Nearby schools
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SOUTH0.3 mi · 128
- SOMERSET ACADEMY0.9 mi · 805
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 594
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY1.9 mi · 1,172
- SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER 8032.0 mi · 50
- ROBERT MORGAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,780
Frequently asked questions
About HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 999 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 23.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 84% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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