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Alumni: what's one memory from LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
726
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000250
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
3911 NW 30TH AVE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL 33309 · (754) 322-3500 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test 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
18.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
411 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 | 221 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 236 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 37% |
Student demographics
36%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
37.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.6pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 35.8% |
% 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 726 | 56.6% | 41.8% |
| SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 729 | 59.4% | 40.6% |
| NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 724 | 60.5% | 46.1% |
| CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 680 | 61.2% | 31.4% |
| PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANTATION | 538 | 56.3% | 46.1% |
| HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 685 | 61.3% | 36.1% |
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 LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #444 of 560 | #45 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #413 of 560 ▲ 69 | #36 of 47 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #477 of 560 ▲ 46 | #46 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #353 of 584 | #30 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #175 of 547 | #3 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #484 of 553 | #42 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #217 of 565 | #9 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #164 of 379 | #19 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
726
-58 (-7%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,189
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 726 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 57% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 41.5 | 20.8:1 | 62% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 816 | 45.5 | 17.9:1 | 79% (643) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 74% (582) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 44 | 19.8:1 | 94% (819) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 50 | 17.8:1 | 90% (800) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 78% (698) |
| 2000-01 | 1,195 | 47 | 25.4:1 | 72% (858) |
| 1990-91 | 1,189 | 57 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized middle school in LAUDERDALE LAKES, Florida. The school had 726 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of a district of 325 schools: BROWARD, with 243,591 students.
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 78% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic. That compares with about 28% Black among all Broward County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL was 18.1:1. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 18.1:1 here. LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 57%. Across public schools in Broward County, the average is 38%.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.8%, compared with a predicted 52.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Broward County, the median household income is $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Broward County is home to 338 public schools and about 244,502 public school students.
The next-closest public school is ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.8% against a local average of 46.0%.
For locale, NCES codes LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 726, a 7% decrease from 784 in 2020-21.
The LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 LAUDERDALE LAKES
- BOYD H. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,256 students
- CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,360 students
- PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 903 students
- ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 670 students
- LAUDERHILL PAUL TURNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION HIGH SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 670
- BOYD H. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 2,256
- SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 474
- PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 903
- WILLIAM DANDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 620
- CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,360
Frequently asked questions
About LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 726 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAUDERDALE LAKES 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.