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LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in LAUDERDALE LAKES, Florida, overseen by BROWARD. Current enrollment sits at 726 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that serves 243,591 students overall.
On demographics, LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
On the resource side, LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.8%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household income runs about $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
The closest other public school is ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Five-year trend. LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 872 (now 726). Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.
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