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Enrollment
1,566
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000210
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
3100 RIVERLAND RD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33312 · (754) 323-3600 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,566 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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
23.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
705 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 | 463 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 524 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 579 | 37% |
Student demographics
59%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
47.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 43.5% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,566 | 45.0% | 51.0% |
| APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 1,143 | 45.1% | 55.7% |
| NEPTUNE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,040 | 45.2% | 57.6% |
| DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 955 | 47.2% | 47.4% |
| EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 875 | 45.1% | 60.4% |
| GOLDEN GATE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,039 | 44.8% | 53.1% |
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 NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #317 of 560 | #31 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #330 of 560 ▲ 64 | #28 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #356 of 560 ▲ 2 | #32 of 47 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,566 | #6 of 584 | #4 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #505 of 547 | #36 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #273 of 553 | #23 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #361 of 565 | #25 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #119 of 137 | #7 of 10 |
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
1,566
+24 (+2%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,566 | 68 | 23.0:1 | 45% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 1,589 | 73 | 21.8:1 | 52% (832) |
| 2022-23 | 1,587 | 73 | 21.7:1 | 70% (1,112) |
| 2020-21 | 1,542 | 79 | 19.5:1 | 68% (1,041) |
| 2017-18 | 1,529 | 86 | 17.8:1 | 85% (1,296) |
| 2015-16 | 1,445 | 83 | 17.4:1 | 80% (1,158) |
| 2010-11 | 1,325 | 79 | 16.8:1 | 75% (992) |
| 2000-01 | 1,853 | 81 | 22.9:1 | 60% (1,119) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 52 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school located in FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, in Broward County. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 1,566 students in 2024-25. The school is 97% bigger than the average for middle schools in Florida.
BROWARD is responsible for 325 schools, NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL included, with 243,591 students in all.
Of every 100 students at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 58 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Black, 15% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Broward County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. The diversity index for NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.0:1. Middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Florida public middle schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.6%. NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 51.0%.
Census data for Broward County show median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 338 public schools and about 244,502 students.
Among nearby public schools, STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.4% proficiency; NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 51.0%.
The NCES locale for NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,566, starting from 1,542. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.0:1, from 19.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 FORT LAUDERDALE
- FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,260 students
- DILLARD 6-12High · 1,998 students
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMYCombined · 1,369 students
- STRANAHAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,286 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITIONElementary · 1,144 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,141 students
Nearby schools
- STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 572
- UCP EARLY BEGINNINGS0.9 mi · 5
- NEW LIFE CHARTER ACADEMY1.1 mi · 110
- SUNED HIGH OF SOUTH BROWARD1.1 mi · 380
- RIVERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 459
- WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,566 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 23.0:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 58% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
NEW RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.