Middle · Florida

Lawton Chiles Middle School

Free meals for all

Lawton Chiles Middle School, a public middle school in Hialeah, Florida: grades 6–8, 514 students, 17.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Miami-Dade.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
514
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
17.7
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in Florida

Median 19.2 · 571 schools compared

More students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 80% of middle schools in Florida

Median 805 · 581 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

52%proficient

+5.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Florida

Median 54% · 581 middle schools compared

495 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

44%proficient

−0.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 67% of middle schools in Florida

Median 52% · 581 middle schools compared

404 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Miami-Dade.

Location

Address
8190 NW 197TH St, Hialeah, FL 33015
Phone
(305)816-9101

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Country Club Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–849617.736%29%
6–840920.586%83%
6–887022.373%68%
6–833236.968%60%
6–81,03018.567%58%
Miami Lakes Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–898725.371%68%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 120039004338