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Enrollment
736
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000555
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
2375 NE 203RD ST, MIAMI, FL 33180 · (305) 932-3810 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
299 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 | 206 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 286 | 39% |
Student demographics
62%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
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
57.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 44.8% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 736 | 40.6% | 53.1% |
| LAKEVIEW MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 786 | 43.5% | 44.9% |
| EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 875 | 45.1% | 60.4% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 597 | 42.2% | 62.4% |
| GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL GROVELAND | 985 | 40.0% | 43.7% |
| CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE ORLANDO | 955 | 41.6% | 38.3% |
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 HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #291 of 560 | #41 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #416 of 560 ▼ 33 | #52 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #238 of 560 ▼ 28 | #35 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #344 of 584 | #22 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #418 of 547 | #41 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #223 of 553 | #1 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #404 of 565 | #59 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.2% | #50 of 379 | #15 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
736
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,406
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 41% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 36 | 23.3:1 | 43% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 31 | 25.0:1 | 51% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 32 | 24.3:1 | 73% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 1,070 | 45 | 23.8:1 | 66% (708) |
| 2015-16 | 1,119 | 48 | 23.3:1 | 73% (814) |
| 2010-11 | 1,193 | 59 | 20.2:1 | 67% (804) |
| 2000-01 | 2,241 | 86 | 26.1:1 | 38% (850) |
| 1990-91 | 1,406 | 61 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 736 students in grades 6 through 8.
MIAMI-DADE is the district for HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. The school is also 26% Black and 18% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is higher, at 69%. The chance that two students picked at random at HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
At HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 35 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 21.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 41% of enrollment.
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.1% and a predicted 60.8%.
Across Miami-Dade County, 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. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
The closest public school, VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles from HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 778 to 736 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 24.3:1 to 21.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Highland Oaks Middle schools
One other US public school is named Highland Oaks Middle. HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Highland Oaks MiddleMemphis, TN · 537 students
Nearby schools
- VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL0.1 mi · 586
- AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER0.6 mi · 2,063
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH1.0 mi · 656
- OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 835
- GULFSTREAM ACADEMY OF HALLANDALE BEACH1.3 mi · 1,227
- DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 736 students in grades 06-08.
Is HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 18% White, 53% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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