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Enrollment
484
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002714
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL
350 NW 97TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33172 · (305) 226-0179 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
18.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
249 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 | 133 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 181 | 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
42.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
51.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 51.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 51.3% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 484 | 51.4% | 50.9% |
| RIVIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 479 | 53.9% | 57.6% |
| PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 483 | 52.4% | 55.9% |
| W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 507 | 55.2% | 49.9% |
| WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 599 | 51.6% | 39.4% |
| HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 486 | 47.7% | 53.8% |
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 RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #320 of 560 | #44 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #354 of 560 ▼ 44 | #45 of 72 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #428 of 560 ▼ 6 | #55 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #480 of 584 | #46 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #210 of 547 | #25 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #546 of 553 | #63 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #277 of 565 | #48 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #158 of 379 | #28 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
484
-51 (-10%) vs 2020
-78% since 1990-91, when it was 2,162
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 51% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 62% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 87% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 78% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | 90% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 86% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 1,565 | 70 | 22.4:1 | 82% (1,282) |
| 1990-91 | 2,162 | 85 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle school located in MIAMI, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 484 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Florida is about 794 students, so this school is 39% smaller than average.
A total of 527 schools make up MIAMI-DADE, with 335,685 students enrolled.
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 97% Hispanic. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 69% share among Miami-Dade County residents. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL's 26 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.6:1. That is lower than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 51%. That tracks the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
The allk12 Grade for RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.9%; the prediction is 55.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, enrolling about 335,817 students in all.
The nearest other public school, E.W.F. STIRRUP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 70.2%; RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 50.9%, ranking 7th of 8.
Federal data place RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 10%, to 484. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.4:1 in 2020-21 to 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- 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
- E.W.F. STIRRUP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 611
- PINECREST ACADEMY (NORTH CAMPUS)0.5 mi · 468
- PINECREST NORTH PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 204
- PINECREST NORTH PREPARATORY (FONTAINEBLEAU CAMPUS)0.9 mi · 727
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 463
- CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 484 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
RUBEN DARIO MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.