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How has WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,646
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003820
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
11000 HOLMBERG RD, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33076 · (754) 322-4800 · Broward County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,646 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
22.9:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
176 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 | 556 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 530 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 560 | 34% |
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
78.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
89.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 89.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 84.5% |
% 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,646 | 10.7% | 81.5% |
| BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,178 | 11.2% | 77.9% |
| MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL LUTZ | 1,104 | 15.9% | 81.0% |
| CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,365 | 17.1% | 67.8% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
| FRUIT COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 1,157 | 12.7% | 82.8% |
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 WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #24 of 560 | #2 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #27 of 560 ▲ 17 | #2 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #36 of 560 ▼ 1 | #5 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,646 | #3 of 584 | #3 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #499 of 547 | #35 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #212 of 553 | #15 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #555 of 565 | #44 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #284 of 379 | #29 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
1,646
-158 (-9%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,527
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 1,646 | 72 | 22.9:1 | 11% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 1,667 | 73 | 22.8:1 | 15% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 1,693 | 76 | 22.3:1 | 18% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 1,804 | 84 | 21.5:1 | 13% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 1,771 | 95 | 18.6:1 | 19% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 1,580 | 82 | 19.3:1 | 14% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 1,527 | 81 | 18.9:1 | 14% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school. Its address is in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida. The student body numbers 1,646 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 107% bigger than that.
Across its 325 schools, BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students. WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 54%. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Broward County's population at about 38%. WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.9 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Florida have 19.6:1, compared with 22.9:1 here. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Broward County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is A. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL would score about 75.8%. It scores 81.5%, 5.7 points above that figure.
Census estimates describe Broward County this way: the median household income is $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Broward County has 338 public schools and roughly 244,502 students.
The nearest other public school, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 9%, to 1,646. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.5:1 to 22.9:1.
The WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CORAL SPRINGSElementary · 1,515 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT BROWARDElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 3,089
- SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 388
- COUNTRY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 827
- EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 743
- PARK TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 981
- CORAL SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 980
Frequently asked questions
About WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,646 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.9:1 (72 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL?
WESTGLADES 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.