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Enrollment
342
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000563
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
8950 NW 2ND AVE, EL PORTAL, FL 33150 · (305) 757-9537 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
217 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 92 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 38% |
Student demographics
50%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 37.7% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 342 | 63.5% | 47.1% |
| SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY BOYNTON BEACH | 529 | 62.9% | 61.1% |
| NORTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 327 | 67.3% | 39.9% |
| BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 477 | 58.5% | 34.3% |
| SOMERSET PREPARATORY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 363 | 60.3% | 62.4% |
| ORANGE GROVE MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 497 | 56.1% | 50.2% |
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 HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #370 of 560 | #54 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #375 of 560 ▲ 85 | #48 of 72 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #473 of 560 ▼ 14 | #59 of 72 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #523 of 584 | #59 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #26 of 547 | #4 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #387 of 553 | #9 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #126 of 565 | #17 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #6 of 379 | #2 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
342
-279 (-45%) vs 2020
-76% since 1990-91, when it was 1,418
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 63% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 68% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 76% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 94% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 84% (527) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 95% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 92% (686) |
| 2000-01 | 1,542 | 63 | 24.5:1 | 79% (1,218) |
| 1990-91 | 1,418 | 71 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle school in EL PORTAL, Florida. It reports enrollment of 342 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 57% below that mark.
MIAMI-DADE (527 schools, 335,685 students) runs HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 61 are Black. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic and 2% White. Miami-Dade County's residents are about 15% Black, 46 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 50%.
On staff are 22 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 63%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Florida public middle schools.
The model predicts 49.4% for a school in Florida with HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 47.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION. (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal data place HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 621 for 2020-21 and 342 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.4:1 in 2020-21, and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 EL PORTAL
- DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.High · 77 students
Other Horace Mann Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Horace Mann Middle. HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Horace Mann MiddleWausau, WI · 635 students
- Horace Mann MiddleSheboygan, WI · 617 students
- Horace Mann Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 385 students
Nearby schools
- DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.0.1 mi · 77
- JESSE J. MCCRARY JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 382
- ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 601
- VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 374
- PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 471
- MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 342 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 37% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.