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NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a junior high of average-sized scale in NORTH MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, instructing 724 students in grades 6 through 8.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 18% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of -4.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 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), NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.9%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 23%, going from 945 students in 2018 to 724 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 12% to 18% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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