HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL

HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small intermediate school in EL PORTAL, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. The school serves 342 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 57% below that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 37% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION., around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 46%: 629 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 21% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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