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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
666
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000569
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
150 S ROYAL POINCIANA BLVD, MIAMI SPRINGS, FL 33166 · (305) 888-6457 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
22.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
398 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 | 200 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 32% |
Student demographics
27%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 SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIAMI SPRINGS 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
27.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 27 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 38.1% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 666 | 59.8% | 37.9% |
| PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 601 | 58.1% | 38.8% |
| DENN JOHN MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 809 | 59.7% | 34.7% |
| WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 782 | 62.0% | 38.5% |
| PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 698 | 61.5% | 41.9% |
| REDLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 661 | 65.1% | 46.8% |
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 SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #490 of 560 | #67 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #495 of 560 ▼ 38 | #66 of 72 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #548 of 560 ▼ 30 | #72 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #398 of 584 | #29 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #478 of 547 | #46 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #509 of 553 | #33 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #176 of 565 | #28 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #36 of 379 | #11 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
666
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,508
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 60% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 67% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 30 | 21.3:1 | 74% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 94% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 47 | 21.2:1 | 85% (850) |
| 2015-16 | 1,202 | 54 | 22.3:1 | 88% (1,057) |
| 2010-11 | 1,629 | 81 | 20.1:1 | 82% (1,334) |
| 2000-01 | 2,202 | 94 | 23.4:1 | 74% (1,639) |
| 1990-91 | 1,508 | 65 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in MIAMI SPRINGS, Florida. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 666 students.
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE, which enrolls 335,685 students in total.
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 84% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 27%.
The school has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.2 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average is 48%.
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Florida public middle schools.
The model predicts 51.2% for a school in Florida with MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 37.9%.
The school is in Miami-Dade County, where the median household earns about $71,753 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Miami-Dade County with 560 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, ACADEMY FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 55.5% proficiency; MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 37.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 698 to 666, a 5% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (22.2:1) than in 2020-21 (18.9:1).
The discussion board for MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 SPRINGS
- ACADEMY FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONCombined · 1,063 students
- MIAMI SPRINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,037 students
- MIAMI SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 381 students
- SPRINGVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 302 students
- INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ASIAN CULTURE (ISAAC) ACADEMYElementary · 268 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION0.2 mi · 1,063
- SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 899
- MIAMI SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 381
- INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ASIAN CULTURE (ISAAC) ACADEMY0.9 mi · 268
- HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 700
- GEORGE T. BAKER AVIATION TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.0 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 666 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 15% Black.
What district is MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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