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What's something OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000176
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
330 SE 11TH TER, DANIA BEACH, FL 33004 · (754) 323-3800 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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.
- FBeats 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
20.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
304 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 | 199 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 37% |
Student demographics
64%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
35.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 26.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 602 | 50.5% | 37.4% |
| ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 632 | 47.0% | 47.8% |
| JAMES S. RICKARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL OAKLAND PARK | 770 | 52.1% | 44.2% |
| APOPKA MIDDLE APOPKA | 858 | 54.0% | 45.2% |
| STEWART MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 793 | 55.6% | 47.0% |
| CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 752 | 46.3% | 57.5% |
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 OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #493 of 560 | #47 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #514 of 560 ▲ 30 | #46 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #494 of 560 ▼ 26 | #47 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #433 of 584 | #36 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #404 of 547 | #18 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #176 of 553 | #12 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #292 of 565 | #17 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #247 of 379 | #25 of 34 |
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
602
-87 (-13%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,116
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 602 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 50% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 25 | 22.7:1 | 59% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 73% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 74% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 86% (570) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 81% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 1,134 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 72% (818) |
| 2000-01 | 1,854 | 84 | 22.1:1 | 58% (1,071) |
| 1990-91 | 1,116 | 52 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school with its address in DANIA BEACH, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 602 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students.
The district for OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is BROWARD, with 325 schools and 243,591 students.
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 48%. Other reported shares: 33% Black, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Broward County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.8:1. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 20.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
allk12 grades OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL are 18.5 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.4%, compared with a predicted 55.9%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Florida.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Broward County show that the median household income is $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, Broward County has 337 other public schools.
Nearest public school: SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL had 689 students, to 2024-25, when it had 602.
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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 DANIA BEACH
- DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 464 students
- COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 252 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 2,358
- DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 464
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY FOUNDATION K81.0 mi · 90
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD1.0 mi · 1,122
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARD1.0 mi · 959
- ATTUCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 48% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
OLSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.