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If you could change one rule at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
691
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002703
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL
901 NW 129TH AVE, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33028 · (754) 323-4570 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- BBeats 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
19.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
235 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 | 191 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%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
66.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 64.6% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 691 | 34.0% | 65.3% |
| SAWGRASS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 946 | 32.5% | 60.2% |
| RAMBLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 1,005 | 33.7% | 64.6% |
| HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 736 | 40.6% | 53.1% |
| SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANTATION | 1,014 | 33.1% | 57.0% |
| CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE ORLANDO | 955 | 41.6% | 38.3% |
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 WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #141 of 560 | #12 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #170 of 560 ▼ 3 | #15 of 47 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #132 of 560 ▲ 64 | #16 of 47 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #380 of 584 | #31 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #267 of 547 | #8 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #221 of 553 | #16 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #446 of 565 | #32 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.8% | #22 of 379 | #2 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
691
-321 (-32%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 779
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 691 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 41 | 20.0:1 | 41% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 45 | 19.4:1 | 56% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 1,012 | 49 | 20.6:1 | 50% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 1,130 | 59 | 19.1:1 | 53% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 1,086 | 54 | 20.1:1 | 51% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 1,490 | 80 | 18.6:1 | 37% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 2,061 | 89 | 23.2:1 | 18% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 779 | 37 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school for students in PEMBROKE PINES, Florida. Total enrollment is 691 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Across its 325 schools, BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students. WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 51% of those enrolled at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 34% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Broward County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. It is about the same as the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. At WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Florida public middle schools, WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.1% at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 65.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Broward County show that the median household earns about $77,633 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Broward County, 338 public schools serve about 244,502 students.
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL sits about 0.5 miles from WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 64.6%, lower than WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL's 65.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 321 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 19.2 students per teacher, compared with 20.6 in 2020-21.
The WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 PEMBROKE PINES
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,199 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,168 students
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 2,046 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGHHigh · 1,450 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINESElementary · 1,367 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,199
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 500
- PALM COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 385
- PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 627
- SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 450
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITY1.9 mi · 1,336
Frequently asked questions
About WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 691 students in grades 06-08.
Is WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 51% Hispanic, 34% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.