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Enrollment
656
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000571
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
1235 NW 192ND TER, MIAMI, FL 33169 · (305) 653-1210 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
410 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
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
49.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
656
-222 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 20.9:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
12%
was 6%
% Black
87%
was 91%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located at 1235 NW 192ND TER, in MIAMI, Florida, NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small 6-8 campus that caters to 656 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE.
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
Looking at school resources, NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 53.3%.
Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MIAMI NORLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 878 (now 656). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 6% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- MIAMI NORLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,653
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 178
- NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 536
- NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 443
- CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 264
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENS1.2 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 656 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 12% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian.
Is NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.