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Enrollment
538
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000183
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL
6600 W SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION, FL 33313 · (754) 322-4100 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
303 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 | 182 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 36% |
Student demographics
41%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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 38.8% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 538 | 56.3% | 46.1% |
| MCNICOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 580 | 54.5% | 42.0% |
| SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH LAUDERDALE | 729 | 59.4% | 40.6% |
| LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LAUDERDALE LAKES | 726 | 56.6% | 41.8% |
| CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 680 | 61.2% | 31.4% |
| HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 685 | 61.3% | 36.1% |
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 PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #386 of 560 | #36 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #418 of 560 ▲ 34 | #37 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #371 of 560 ▼ 12 | #36 of 47 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #459 of 584 | #38 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #446 of 547 | #28 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #453 of 553 | #40 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #218 of 565 | #10 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #108 of 379 | #14 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
538
-134 (-20%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,146
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 538 | 25 | 21.5:1 | 56% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 59% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 72% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 70% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 84% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 72% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 949 | 53 | 17.9:1 | 64% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 1,285 | 51 | 25.2:1 | 44% (559) |
| 1990-91 | 1,146 | 45 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in PLANTATION, Florida, attend PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, a small middle school. The school enrolls 538 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students in 325 schools, including PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A majority of students at PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, 75%, are Black. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 47 points above the 28% share among Broward County residents. PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1 at PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%. For comparison, public schools in Broward County average 38%.
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.1%, compared with a predicted 53.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Broward County, median household income is about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Broward County number 338 and enroll about 244,502.
The next-closest public school is PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.1% against a local average of 50.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL had 672 students in 2020-21 and 538 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.8:1 in 2020-21 to 21.5:1 in 2024-25.
The PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 PLANTATION
- SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,303 students
- PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,014 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT PLANTATIONElementary · 933 students
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 800 students
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 791 students
Nearby schools
- PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 504
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT PLANTATION0.2 mi · 933
- BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD0.2 mi · 295
- MIRROR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 639
- PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,696
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 538 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 16% Hispanic, 75% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.