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What advice would you give to incoming students at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
461
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018005456
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1705 VAN BUREN ST, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33020 · (954) 925-6404 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest 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
23.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
7 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 153 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
80.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.5pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.8% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 70.1% |
% 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
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 461 | 1.5% | 76.5% |
| SKY ACADEMY VENICE VENICE | 293 | 4.8% | 54.5% |
| SKY ACADEMY ENGLEWOOD VENICE | 327 | 1.5% | 67.3% |
| EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING TARPON SPRINGS | 392 | 11.2% | 87.1% |
| WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 598 | 16.1% | 77.0% |
| HAMLIN MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 953 | 8.7% | 72.2% |
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 HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #55 of 560 | #6 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #34 of 560 ▲ 84 | #3 of 47 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #28 of 560 ▲ 26 | #3 of 47 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #488 of 584 | #39 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #506 of 547 | #37 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #316 of 553 | #28 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.5% | #565 of 565 | #47 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #97 of 137 | #4 of 10 |
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
461
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+90% since 2010-11, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 461 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 60% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 44% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 22 | 21.3:1 | 50% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 49% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 56% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 13 | 18.7:1 | 48% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school with its address in HOLLYWOOD, Florida. A total of 461 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students, so this school is 42% smaller than average.
BROWARD has 325 schools; together they serve 243,591 students.
White students make up a majority at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 60%. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic and 9% Black. In Broward County overall, about 38% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.1:1. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 23.1:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2%. The 38% average for public schools in Broward County is 36 points higher.
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 80.4% and the result is 76.5%.
In Broward County (population about 1,977,129), the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. Charter status: HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public charter school.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 469 in 2020-21 and 461 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.3:1 in 2020-21 to 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
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- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in HOLLYWOOD
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,358 students
- MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,143 students
- HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCEElementary · 1,140 students
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARDHigh · 1,122 students
Nearby schools
- HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE0.0 mi · 1,140
- HOLLYWOOD CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 309
- BEACHSIDE MONTESSORI VILLAGE0.8 mi · 718
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY FOUNDATION K81.2 mi · 90
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD1.2 mi · 959
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD1.2 mi · 1,122
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 461 students in grades 06-08.
Is HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 23.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 28% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.