MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in HIALEAH, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, with 987 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that caters to 335,685 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MIAMI LAKES EDUCATIONAL CENTER, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. MIAMI LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 1,265 (now 987). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

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