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Enrollment
893
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000570
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL
4301 N MICHIGAN AVE, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140 · (305) 532-3481 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL893 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Florida public middle schools
- BTest 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
25.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
310 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 | 281 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 320 | 36% |
Student demographics
46%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
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIAMI BEACH 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
57.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
56.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 | 57.5% | 56.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 53.1% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 893 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
| BONITA SPRINGS MIDDLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BONITA SPRINGS | 706 | 39.1% | 51.5% |
| SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL PALMETTO BAY | 1,063 | 31.2% | 74.5% |
| SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH MIAMI | 720 | 37.5% | 66.5% |
| LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,054 | 38.3% | 48.6% |
| MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 566 | 33.9% | 79.7% |
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 MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #235 of 560 | #32 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #289 of 560 ▼ 2 | #36 of 72 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #232 of 560 ▼ 5 | #34 of 72 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 893 | #227 of 584 | #16 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #533 of 547 | #63 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #416 of 553 | #13 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #441 of 565 | #63 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #174 of 379 | #30 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
893
-205 (-19%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,218
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 893 | 35 | 25.5:1 | 35% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 37 | 23.3:1 | 42% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 44% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 1,098 | 47 | 23.4:1 | 64% (704) |
| 2017-18 | 1,066 | 47 | 22.7:1 | 58% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 1,030 | 46 | 22.4:1 | 70% (724) |
| 2010-11 | 1,196 | 54 | 22.1:1 | 73% (873) |
| 2000-01 | 1,609 | 65 | 24.8:1 | 66% (1,063) |
| 1990-91 | 1,218 | 57 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle school. It is located in MIAMI BEACH, Florida. The school's enrollment of 893 students covers grades 6 through 8.
The MIAMI-DADE system has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 69% Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% White and 4% Black. The county population is about 69% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 25.5:1. That ratio is over the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL's results are 7.4 points below predicted: 56.3% against 63.8%.
Census estimates describe Miami-Dade County this way: median household income is about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Miami-Dade County number 561 and enroll about 335,817.
The closest public school to MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL is NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 63.3% proficiency; MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 56.3%.
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment was 1,098 in 2020-21 and 893 in 2024-25, a decrease of 205 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 25.5:1.
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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 BEACH
- MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,134 students
- NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-8Elementary · 851 students
- BISCAYNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 525 students
- MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 905
- MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,134
- MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-82.0 mi · 851
- TREASURE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 412
- MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 462
- BISCAYNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 893 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1.
What is the student diversity at MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 25% White, 69% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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