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Enrollment
1,002
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000554
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
6027 E 7TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33013 · (305) 681-3527 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,002 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
20.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
603 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 | 325 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 332 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 345 | 34% |
Student demographics
13%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
HIALEAH 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
46.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
45.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 45.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 42.1% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,002 | 60.2% | 47.4% |
| SHENANDOAH MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,231 | 59.5% | 50.2% |
| SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 1,304 | 61.9% | 45.8% |
| ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 888 | 55.5% | 60.9% |
| WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 782 | 62.0% | 38.5% |
| 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 HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #364 of 560 | #52 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #428 of 560 ▼ 16 | #55 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #382 of 560 ▲ 14 | #49 of 72 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,002 | #150 of 584 | #9 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #410 of 547 | #40 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.3% | #528 of 553 | #45 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #173 of 565 | #25 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.7% | #39 of 137 | #4 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
1,002
+174 (+21%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,386
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 1,002 | 48 | 20.9:1 | 60% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 978 | 49 | 20.0:1 | 67% (654) |
| 2022-23 | 878 | 46 | 19.1:1 | 68% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 89% (741) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 87% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 94% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 862 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 91% (783) |
| 2000-01 | 1,229 | 74 | 16.6:1 | 78% (964) |
| 1990-91 | 1,386 | 75 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in HIALEAH, Florida. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 1,002 students. By comparison, middle schools in Florida enroll about 794 students on average.
MIAMI-DADE counts 335,685 students in its 527 schools, and HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of students at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 93%. Other groups make up 6% Black. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
The school has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Florida public middle schools.
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.4% versus 51.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that median household income comes to 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%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, AMELIA EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.4% against a local average of 44.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 21% across 4 years, from 828 in 2020-21 to 1,002 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.2:1 to 20.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- AMELIA EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 454
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 585
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,711
- NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 478
- SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES NORTH1.2 mi · 113
- KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY1.2 mi · 1,359
Frequently asked questions
About HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,002 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.