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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002284
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
7600 TAM OSHANTER BLVD, NORTH LAUDERDALE, FL 33068 · (754) 322-4600 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
22.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
433 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 | 238 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 229 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 36% |
Student demographics
37%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
40.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 31.8% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 729 | 59.4% | 40.6% |
| CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 680 | 61.2% | 31.4% |
| NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 724 | 60.5% | 46.1% |
| LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LAUDERDALE LAKES | 726 | 56.6% | 41.8% |
| HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 685 | 61.3% | 36.1% |
| CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 845 | 63.6% | 28.4% |
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 SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #460 of 560 | #46 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #518 of 560 ▼ 7 | #47 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #454 of 560 ▼ 18 | #44 of 47 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #352 of 584 | #29 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #486 of 547 | #33 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #477 of 553 | #41 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #184 of 565 | #7 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #111 of 137 | #5 of 10 |
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
729
+74 (+11%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,369
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 729 | 32.5 | 22.4:1 | 59% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 61% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 782 | 37 | 21.1:1 | 77% (604) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 78% (514) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 90% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 87% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 87% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 1,650 | 82 | 20.1:1 | 59% (967) |
| 1990-91 | 1,369 | 63 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school with an address in NORTH LAUDERDALE, Florida. The school counted 729 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
BROWARD runs SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL along with 324 other schools, enrolling 243,591 students in total.
The student body at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 78% Black. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic and 3% White. Among all residents of Broward County, the Black share is about 28%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is 22.4:1, based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Broward County report 38%.
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Florida public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.4%.
The county, Broward County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,633 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, Broward County has 338 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.0%; SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 40.6%, ranking 8th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 729, from 655 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 22.4 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 NORTH LAUDERDALE
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDERElementary · 708 students
- NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCEElementary · 665 students
- BROADVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 636 students
- NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
- MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 512 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 605
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH LAUDER0.5 mi · 708
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH AT NORTH LAUDERDA0.5 mi · 349
- MORROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 512
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 551
- NORTH BROWARD ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE MIDDLE0.9 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 16% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SILVER LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.