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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000560
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
18484 NW 48TH PL, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33055 · (305) 620-1294 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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
19.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
305 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 158 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 33% |
Student demographics
48%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.3pp 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 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 51.2% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 509 | 59.9% | 47.4% |
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 458 | 60.0% | 42.3% |
| JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 647 | 58.9% | 33.7% |
| GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 448 | 54.7% | 37.4% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY MIDDLE (MIRAMAR CAMPUS) MIRAMAR | 409 | 60.9% | 81.4% |
| RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 345 | 61.4% | 44.3% |
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 LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #362 of 560 | #51 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #361 of 560 ▼ 50 | #47 of 72 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #468 of 560 ▲ 10 | #58 of 72 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #469 of 584 | #41 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #306 of 547 | #30 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #398 of 553 | #12 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #175 of 565 | #27 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #220 of 379 | #32 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
509
+99 (+24%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,281
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 509 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 60% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 62% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 75% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 94% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 89% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 95% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 91% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 1,662 | 69 | 24.1:1 | 72% (1,191) |
| 1990-91 | 1,281 | 70 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle school in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, administered by MIAMI-DADE. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 509 students on the rolls. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
MIAMI-DADE runs LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 526 other schools, enrolling 335,685 students in total.
The student body at LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 63% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 19.6:1. Federal data show 60% of students (305) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 12 points.
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Florida public middle schools.
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.4% versus 51.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Looking at the county, Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 99 students, from 410 to 509. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.1:1 to 19.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 MIAMI GARDENS
- MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 859 students
- CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 454 students
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENSElementary · 413 students
- CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 411 students
- DR. FREDERICA S. WILSON/SKYWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Other Lake Stevens Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lake Stevens Middle. LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolLake Stevens, WA · 709 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 255
- ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI0.3 mi · 375
- NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 454
- NORTH GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 216
- CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 568
- MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 63% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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