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What's something HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
545
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000556
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
650 NW 2ND AVE, HOMESTEAD, FL 33030 · (305) 247-4221 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest 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
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
417 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 | 160 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 45% |
Student demographics
51%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
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL→SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
31.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 28.9% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 545 | 76.5% | 38.7% |
| LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMETTO | 448 | 79.7% | 33.1% |
| DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 506 | 72.5% | 55.1% |
| DENISON MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 684 | 75.4% | 32.4% |
| WESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 712 | 77.2% | 32.9% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 651 | 80.0% | 40.1% |
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 HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #483 of 560 | #66 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #447 of 560 ▲ 83 | #58 of 72 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #519 of 560 ▼ 11 | #67 of 72 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #456 of 584 | #36 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #28 of 547 | #5 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #367 of 553 | #5 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #30 of 565 | #10 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #274 of 379 | #35 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
545
-129 (-19%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,090
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 77% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 80% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 81% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 97% (656) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 93% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 94% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 94% (618) |
| 2000-01 | 1,329 | 63 | 21.1:1 | 83% (1,102) |
| 1990-91 | 1,090 | 54 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL, located in HOMESTEAD, Florida, is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It has an enrollment of 545 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 794 students for middle schools in Florida.
The 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE enroll 335,685 students altogether, HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Federal enrollment data show HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 52% Hispanic. Other groups include 46% Black. The county population is about 69% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.6 students per teacher. The school's 15.6:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 77% of the student body. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Miami-Dade County.
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Florida public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 38.7%. Predicted: 42.8%.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, NEVA KING COOPER EDUCATIONAL CENTER is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 545, compared with 674 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- NEVA KING COOPER EDUCATIONAL CENTER0.1 mi · 86
- MEDICAL ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (M.A.S.T.) @ HOM0.4 mi · 511
- Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead0.5 mi · 170
- SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES HOMESTEAD0.5 mi · 130
- SOMERSET ARTS ACADEMY0.7 mi · 413
- REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 545 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 52% Hispanic, 46% Black.
Who oversees HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HOMESTEAD 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.