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Enrollment
770
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002802
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
6000 NE 9TH AVE, OAKLAND PARK, FL 33334 · (754) 322-4400 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL770 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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
18.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
401 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 | 261 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%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
46.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 36.6% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 770 | 52.1% | 44.2% |
| MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 781 | 50.3% | 53.5% |
| VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,009 | 53.5% | 40.8% |
| APOPKA MIDDLE APOPKA | 858 | 54.0% | 45.2% |
| HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,008 | 54.2% | 48.8% |
| OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL DANIA BEACH | 602 | 50.5% | 37.4% |
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 JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #414 of 560 | #41 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #426 of 560 ▲ 45 | #38 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #381 of 560 ▲ 56 | #38 of 47 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 770 | #318 of 584 | #27 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #196 of 547 | #4 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #307 of 553 | #26 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #270 of 565 | #13 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #223 of 379 | #23 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
770
-179 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 1,301
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 770 | 42 | 18.3:1 | 52% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 762 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 58% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 75% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 51 | 18.6:1 | 71% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 89% (770) |
| 2015-16 | 945 | 55 | 17.2:1 | 83% (780) |
| 2010-11 | 879 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 78% (689) |
| 2000-01 | 1,301 | 60 | 21.7:1 | 56% (728) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school with its address in OAKLAND PARK, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 770 students in grades 6 through 8.
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 325 schools: BROWARD, with 243,591 students.
At JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 60% of the student body. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Broward County is about 33% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 42 full-time-equivalent teachers at JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL and a ratio of 18.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 52% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Broward County report 38%.
The allk12 Grade for JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL are 10.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (44.2% actual, 55.1% predicted).
Broward County has about 1,977,129 residents, and the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Broward County has 337 other public schools.
The closest public school, NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles from JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL declined 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 949 to 770 students.
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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
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- 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 OAKLAND PARK
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,717 students
- NORTH ANDREWS GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 742 students
- OAKLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 522 students
- SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 474 students
- LLOYD ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 386 students
- SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL OF LEE COUNTYCombined
Nearby schools
- NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,717
- NORTH ANDREWS GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 742
- FLORANADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 719
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 733
- INNOVATION CHARTER SCHOOL1.6 mi · 406
- MCNAB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 770 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
How diverse is JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 10% White, 60% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JAMES S. RICKARDS 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.