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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000562
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
3400 NW 87TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33147 · (305) 836-2610 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- CBeats 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
18.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
275 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 | 136 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 36% |
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
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
36.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.5pp 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 38 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 35.9% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 458 | 60.0% | 42.3% |
| LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 509 | 59.9% | 47.4% |
| RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 345 | 61.4% | 44.3% |
| BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 477 | 58.5% | 34.3% |
| JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 647 | 58.9% | 33.7% |
| GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 448 | 54.7% | 37.4% |
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 MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #439 of 560 | #59 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #494 of 560 ▼ 13 | #65 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #478 of 560 ▼ 5 | #60 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #489 of 584 | #51 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #194 of 547 | #23 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #396 of 553 | #11 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #174 of 565 | #26 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #315 of 379 | #43 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
458
+54 (+13%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,071
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 458 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 60% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 20 | 23.9:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 69% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 98% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 83% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 96% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 90% (575) |
| 2000-01 | 1,297 | 63 | 20.6:1 | 87% (1,127) |
| 1990-91 | 1,071 | 55 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school in MIAMI, Florida, administered by MIAMI-DADE. The latest federal count shows 458 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida, enrollment here is 42% lower.
MIAMI-DADE counts 335,685 students in its 527 schools, and MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 60%. Next come 40% Black. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.3:1. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 18.3:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 60%. That is 12 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL would be expected to post about 51.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Miami-Dade County, 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. MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 13% from its 2020-21 level of 404. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.4:1 to 18.3:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Madison Middle schools
22 other US public schools in 20 states are named Madison Middle. MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 15th largest of the 23.
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMADISON, MS · 1,180 students
- Madison MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,158 students
- Madison Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,017 students
- Madison MiddleAppleton, WI · 929 students
Nearby schools
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 501
- STELLAR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.7 mi · 312
- PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE0.7 mi · 27
- FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 484
- DR. HENRY W. MACK/WEST LITTLE RIVER K-8 CENTER0.9 mi · 383
- NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 06-08.
Is MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 60% Hispanic, 40% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MADISON 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.