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Enrollment
1,833
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002983
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1355 S NOB HILL RD, DAVIE, FL 33324 · (754) 323-3300 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,833 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test 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
21.9:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
531 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 | 547 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 640 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 646 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%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
66.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.1% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 63.1% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,833 | 29.0% | 64.7% |
| THOMAS E. WEIGHTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,270 | 27.5% | 55.9% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,290 | 33.1% | 55.8% |
| TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,067 | 27.5% | 68.5% |
| POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 1,122 | 25.6% | 71.0% |
| BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,345 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
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 INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #151 of 560 | #15 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #176 of 560 ▲ 10 | #16 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #131 of 560 ▲ 47 | #15 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,833 | #2 of 584 | #2 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.9:1 | #467 of 547 | #30 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #196 of 553 | #13 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #478 of 565 | #38 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #341 of 379 | #32 of 34 |
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
1,833
-63 (-3%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 2,177
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 1,833 | 83.7 | 21.9:1 | 29% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 1,954 | 88.7 | 22.0:1 | 38% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 2,020 | 88.7 | 22.8:1 | 46% (920) |
| 2020-21 | 1,896 | 87 | 21.8:1 | 39% (748) |
| 2017-18 | 1,888 | 96 | 19.7:1 | 45% (846) |
| 2015-16 | 1,780 | 88 | 20.2:1 | 38% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 2,127 | 107 | 19.9:1 | 30% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 2,177 | 88 | 24.7:1 | 12% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located in DAVIE, Florida, is a high-enrollment middle school. There are 1,833 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 131% above the average for middle schools in Florida.
BROWARD is the local district for INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. It runs 325 schools with 243,591 students.
The share of Hispanic students at INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 50%, a majority. Smaller groups are 33% White, 8% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Broward County is roughly 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 83.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.9:1. The school's 21.9:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. On the income side, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Broward County is 9 points.
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Florida public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 64.7% actual against 66.7% predicted.
For the population of Broward County, median household income comes to about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broward County's 338 public schools enroll about 244,502 students and include INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.3 miles. INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 68.3%, higher than INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's 64.7%.
In the federal locale system, INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- 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 DAVIE
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- NOVA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,420 students
- NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,294 students
- FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,099 students
- SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 849 students
- NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEMElementary · 747 students
Nearby schools
- FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,099
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS PLANTATION CAMPUS1.7 mi · 441
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 800
- ATLANTIC MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS2.0 mi · 111
- SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 849
- FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,833 students in grades 06-08.
Is INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
How diverse is INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 33% White, 50% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.