HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, an expansive middle-grades school in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, teaches 1,551 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 95% above that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 11%, going from 1,735 students in 2018 to 1,551 in 2025.

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