PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL

PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of compact scale in PLANTATION, Florida, operated by BROWARD, hosting 538 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that hosts 243,591 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of -6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLANTATION MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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