LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a modestly sized junior high in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 509 students from grades 6 through 8, part of MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 36% leaner than typical.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 35% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.6%.

LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 11%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 44% to 63% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.