INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a roomy junior high in DAVIE, Florida, INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL works with 1,833 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 131% bigger than the state mean of about 794.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 33% White, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Broward County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 64.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Broward County) reports that median household earnings sit near $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,888 (now 1,833). The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.