HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized middle school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, teaches 736 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 18% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 53.1%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 1,070 (now 736). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 42% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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