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Alumni: what's one memory from LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,469
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018004314
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
4333 SOL PRESS BLVD, COCONUT CREEK, FL 33073 · (754) 322-3700 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,469 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Florida public middle schools
- A-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
21.0:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
393 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 | 442 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 492 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 535 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%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
64.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 67.1% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,469 | 26.8% | 66.8% |
| HOWARD MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,185 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
| WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE WELLINGTON | 1,227 | 23.6% | 70.5% |
| THOMAS E. WEIGHTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,270 | 27.5% | 55.9% |
| POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 1,122 | 25.6% | 71.0% |
| TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,067 | 27.5% | 68.5% |
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 LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #119 of 560 | #10 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #168 of 560 ▼ 25 | #14 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #150 of 560 ▲ 44 | #18 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,469 | #12 of 584 | #5 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #415 of 547 | #20 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #40 of 553 | #2 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #490 of 565 | #39 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #74 of 379 | #8 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
1,469
-341 (-19%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 1,261
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 1,469 | 70 | 21.0:1 | 27% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 1,564 | 73 | 21.4:1 | 38% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 1,757 | 82 | 21.4:1 | 60% (1,054) |
| 2020-21 | 1,810 | 88 | 20.6:1 | 49% (882) |
| 2017-18 | 1,984 | 98 | 20.2:1 | 61% (1,213) |
| 2015-16 | 1,897 | 96 | 19.8:1 | 55% (1,035) |
| 2010-11 | 2,061 | 118 | 17.5:1 | 52% (1,063) |
| 2000-01 | 1,261 | 53 | 23.8:1 | 32% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school for students in COCONUT CREEK, Florida. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,469 students. By comparison, middle schools in Florida enroll about 794 students on average.
BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students in 325 schools, including LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The biggest share of students at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, 40%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 25% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Its staff includes 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is 1.4 students per teacher. Roughly 27% of students at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Broward County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Florida public middle schools.
In Florida, LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 66.8% actual against a predicted 67.8%.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, median household income comes to about $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 338 public schools in the county, enrolling about 244,502, LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
About 1.0 miles separate LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,810 to 1,469, a 19% decline.
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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 COCONUT CREEK
- MONARCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,213 students
- COCONUT CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,972 students
- WINSTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 945 students
- TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 919 students
- BROWARD VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh · 541 students
- DAVE THOMAS EDUCATION CENTER WESTHigh · 492 students
Nearby schools
- TRADEWINDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 919
- WINSTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 945
- QUIET WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,072
- MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,213
- HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 924
- PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,469 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 21.0:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 25% White, 40% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
LYONS CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.