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Enrollment
946
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003030
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
12500 W SAMPLE RD, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33065 · (754) 322-4500 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
22.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
307 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 | 288 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 339 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%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
61.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 57.1% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 946 | 32.5% | 60.2% |
| RAMBLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 1,005 | 33.7% | 64.6% |
| SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANTATION | 1,014 | 33.1% | 57.0% |
| FOREST GLEN MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 1,037 | 37.3% | 58.5% |
| GOTHA MIDDLE WINDERMERE | 988 | 36.8% | 56.5% |
| WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 691 | 34.0% | 65.3% |
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 SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #190 of 560 | #21 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #191 of 560 ▲ 56 | #17 of 47 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #175 of 560 ▲ 42 | #21 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 946 | #183 of 584 | #23 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #472 of 547 | #32 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #51 of 553 | #3 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #461 of 565 | #35 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #90 of 379 | #12 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
946
-233 (-20%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 1,761
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
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 | 946 | 43 | 22.0:1 | 32% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 1,012 | 50 | 20.2:1 | 40% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 1,073 | 51 | 21.0:1 | 56% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 1,179 | 55 | 21.4:1 | 51% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 1,242 | 63 | 19.7:1 | 59% (727) |
| 2015-16 | 1,158 | 57 | 20.3:1 | 54% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 1,306 | 78 | 16.7:1 | 45% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 1,761 | 86 | 20.5:1 | 16% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 946 students in 2024-25.
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in BROWARD, a system of 325 schools with 243,591 students.
The biggest share of students at SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 37%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 35% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Based on 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL has a ratio of 22.0:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is 2.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 54% of Florida public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.9% for SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 60.2%, 4.7 points below the prediction.
In Broward County, home to about 1,977,129 people, median household income comes to about $77,633, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 338 public schools in the county, enrolling about 244,502, SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,179 to 946, a 20% decline.
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 CORAL SPRINGS
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
- CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,756 students
- WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,646 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CORAL SPRINGSElementary · 1,515 students
Nearby schools
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,843
- WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 979
- CORAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 370
- EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 743
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 713
- CORAL SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 980
Frequently asked questions
About SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 946 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.0:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 37% Hispanic, 35% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SAWGRASS SPRINGS 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.