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What's one thing LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
718
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039004076
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
15750 SW 47TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33185 · (305) 222-2775 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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
19.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
323 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 | 188 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 302 | 42% |
Student demographics
12%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
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL→JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH
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
61.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 59.2% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 718 | 45.0% | 61.4% |
| HOWARD D. MCMILLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 957 | 43.7% | 64.5% |
| PONCE DE LEON MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL GABLES | 778 | 49.6% | 51.4% |
| GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 533 | 45.4% | 66.0% |
| HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 486 | 47.7% | 53.8% |
| ARVIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 989 | 38.5% | 74.6% |
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 LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #177 of 560 | #26 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #202 of 560 ▲ 23 | #29 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #176 of 560 ▼ 13 | #27 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #363 of 584 | #26 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #334 of 547 | #32 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #531 of 553 | #48 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #362 of 565 | #56 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.2% | #14 of 379 | #6 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
718
-227 (-24%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 1,054
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 718 | 36 | 19.9:1 | 45% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 37 | 21.7:1 | 50% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 39 | 20.6:1 | 50% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 945 | 48 | 19.7:1 | 74% (698) |
| 2017-18 | 1,221 | 56 | 21.8:1 | 71% (861) |
| 2015-16 | 1,109 | 48 | 23.1:1 | 74% (820) |
| 2010-11 | 1,054 | 56 | 18.8:1 | 63% (665) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle-grades school run by MIAMI-DADE in MIAMI, Florida. The school counts 718 students across grades 6 through 8.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools; together they serve 335,685 students.
About 94% of the student body at LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 3% Asian and 2% White. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, 36 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.9:1. That matches the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida fairly closely. Roughly 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.4% is 2.8 points above the 58.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Miami-Dade County show that the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 560 other public schools.
The shortest distance from LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 24% enrollment decrease, from 945 in 2020-21 to 718 in 2024-25.
Discussions about LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 530
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH0.6 mi · 4,291
- JANE S. ROBERTS K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 630
- PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 529
- PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 494
- BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY1.1 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 718 students in grades 06-08.
Is LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.