PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 1025 W 56TH ST, in HIALEAH, Florida, PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that hosts 698 students (grades 6 through 8), run under MIAMI-DADE.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 41.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 33%, going from 1,043 students in 2018 to 698 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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