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What's something SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
720
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000584
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
6750 SW 60TH ST, SOUTH MIAMI, FL 33143 · (305) 661-3481 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
21.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
270 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 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 250 | 35% |
Student demographics
32%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
Students here typically continue to
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL→SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
70.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 67.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 720 | 37.5% | 66.5% |
| ARVIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 989 | 38.5% | 74.6% |
| BONITA SPRINGS MIDDLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BONITA SPRINGS | 706 | 39.1% | 51.5% |
| HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 999 | 33.1% | 89.4% |
| MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 566 | 33.9% | 79.7% |
| MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI BEACH | 893 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
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 SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #123 of 560 | #19 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #210 of 560 ▼ 65 | #31 of 72 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #98 of 560 ▼ 11 | #19 of 72 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #361 of 584 | #25 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #463 of 547 | #45 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #493 of 553 | #26 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #427 of 565 | #62 of 72 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #112 of 379 | #25 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
720
-110 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 720 | 33 | 21.8:1 | 38% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 34 | 20.3:1 | 45% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 44% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 57% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 43 | 21.4:1 | 48% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 943 | 44 | 21.4:1 | 58% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 53 | 20.0:1 | 47% (502) |
| 2000-01 | 1,142 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 51% (588) |
| 1990-91 | 1,187 | 67 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school in SOUTH MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 720 students enrolled.
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE, where 527 schools serve 335,685 students.
The student body at SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is 82% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 9% Black and 7% White. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.8 students per teacher. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 38% of students. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is lower.
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.5% is 4.2 points above the 62.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Miami-Dade County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
Nearby, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 74.9% on proficiency, and SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is below that at 66.5%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 720 students in 2024-25, 110 fewer than the 830 it had in 2020-21.
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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 SOUTH MIAMI
- SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTERElementary · 508 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)Elementary · 491 students
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)Middle · 166 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER0.1 mi · 508
- SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,611
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 260
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.0 mi · 491
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.0 mi · 166
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.3 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 720 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 21.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 82% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.