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Enrollment
888
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000581
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
9393 SW 29TH TER, MIAMI, FL 33165 · (305) 221-8212 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL888 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
20.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
493 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 274 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 325 | 37% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 55.7% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 888 | 55.5% | 60.9% |
| KINLOCH PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 746 | 54.4% | 36.7% |
| JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,019 | 52.8% | 65.0% |
| HIALEAH MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 1,002 | 60.2% | 47.4% |
| PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 698 | 61.5% | 41.9% |
| PONCE DE LEON MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL GABLES | 778 | 49.6% | 51.4% |
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 ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #182 of 560 | #28 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #321 of 560 ▼ 58 | #39 of 72 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #187 of 560 ▼ 27 | #29 of 72 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 888 | #231 of 584 | #17 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #390 of 547 | #38 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #545 of 553 | #62 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #231 of 565 | #37 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #101 of 379 | #23 of 49 |
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
888
-198 (-18%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 925
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 888 | 43 | 20.6:1 | 56% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 943 | 45 | 21.0:1 | 58% (544) |
| 2022-23 | 975 | 46 | 21.2:1 | 62% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 1,086 | 54 | 20.1:1 | 81% (875) |
| 2017-18 | 1,148 | 49 | 23.4:1 | 79% (910) |
| 2015-16 | 1,012 | 46 | 22.0:1 | 84% (849) |
| 2010-11 | 1,288 | 62 | 20.8:1 | 73% (934) |
| 2000-01 | 1,485 | 58 | 25.6:1 | 61% (913) |
| 1990-91 | 925 | 49 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. The school enrolls 888 students in grades 6 through 8.
MIAMI-DADE is responsible for 527 schools, ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL included, with 335,685 students in all.
Hispanic students are 97% of those enrolled at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
There are about 20.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 43. The school's 20.6:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%.
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of Florida public middle schools.
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.9% is 7.6 points above the 53.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Miami-Dade County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is behind the 61.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 18% over 4 years, reaching 888 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
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- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 370
- OLYMPIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 318
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 340
- MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 2,082
- CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 782
- EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER1.3 mi · 912
Frequently asked questions
About ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 888 students in grades 06-08.
Is ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 20.6:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.