Best Middle Schools in Florida

The top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Florida, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 59%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Florida Virtual Middle School	Orlando, FL	2,387	51%
2	Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8	Sunny Isles Beach, FL	2,231	56%
3	Falcon Cove Middle School	Weston, FL	2,178	58%
4	Aventura Waterways K-8 Center	Miami, FL	2,168	53%
5	Veterans Park Academy for the Arts	Lehigh Acres, FL	2,133	55%
6	Indian Ridge Middle School	Davie, FL	2,020	47%
7	Keys Gate Charter School	Homestead, FL	1,972	44%
8	Freedom Crossing Academy	St Johns, FL	1,970	69%
9	Somerset Academy Silver Palms	Homestead, FL	1,939	41%
10	Starkey Ranch K-8	Odessa, FL	1,928	56%
11	Mill Creek Academy	St Augustine, FL	1,893	71%
12	Shields Middle School	Ruskin, FL	1,867	34%
13	Liberty Pines Academy	Saint Johns, FL	1,815	56%
14	Marianna K-8 School	Marianna, FL	1,768	48%
15	Lyons Creek Middle School	Coconut Creek, FL	1,757	50%
16	Westside K-8 School	Kissimmee, FL	1,722	59%
17	Minneola Conversion Charter School	Minneola, FL	1,717	64%
18	Lake Nona Middle	Orlando, FL	1,715	59%
19	Celebration School	Celebration, FL	1,706	56%
20	Westglades Middle School	Coral Springs, FL	1,693	61%
21	Manatee Academy K-8	Port St Lucie, FL	1,664	35%
22	Oak Hammock K-8 School	Port St Lucie, FL	1,633	41%
23	Pine Island Academy	St Augustine, FL	1,530	71%
24	Viera Charter School	Viera, FL	1,530	63%
25	Eagles Landing Middle School	Boca Raton, FL	1,508	63%
26	Palm Valley Academy	Ponte Vedra, FL	1,496	70%
27	Challenger K-8 School of Science and Math	Spring Hill, FL	1,477	65%
28	Tequesta Trace Middle School	Weston, FL	1,462	62%
29	Pacetti Bay Middle School	St Augustine, FL	1,443	71%
30	Barrington Middle School	Lithia, FL	1,434	65%
31	Randall Middle School	Lithia, FL	1,409	62%
32	Winthrop Charter School	Riverview, FL	1,357	62%
33	Horizon West Middle	Windermere, FL	1,346	62%
34	Valley Ridge Academy	Ponte Vedra, FL	1,306	69%
35	Windy Hill Middle School	Clermont, FL	1,280	62%
36	Bak Middle School of the Arts	West Palm Beach, FL	1,260	66%
37	Dorothy C York PK-8 Magnet School	Apollo Beach, FL	1,243	58%
38	Fruit Cove Middle School	Saint Johns, FL	1,223	75%
39	Bridgewater Middle	Winter Garden, FL	1,210	71%
40	South Mckeel Academy	Lakeland, FL	1,200	64%
41	Independence Middle School	Jupiter, FL	1,166	62%
42	Martinez Middle School	Lutz, FL	1,160	70%
43	Alice B. Landrum Middle School	Ponte Vedra Beach, FL	1,142	70%
44	Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center	Doral, FL	1,138	63%
45	C. W. Ruckel Middle School	Niceville, FL	1,136	61%
46	Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel	Wesley Chapel, FL	1,132	63%
47	Rodgers Middle Magnet School	Riverview, FL	1,128	60%
48	Three Oaks Middle School	Fort Myers, FL	1,099	63%
49	Marshall Middle Magnet School	Plant City, FL	1,089	41%
50	Somerset Academy Middle School	Pembroke Pines, FL	1,068	66%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Florida?

The largest middle school in Florida is Florida Virtual Middle School in Orlando with 2,387 students and a 51% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Florida?

This page shows the top 50 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Florida by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.