Best Middle Schools in Miami

Best Middle Schools in Miami

40 rated middle schools, ranked on Florida Department of Education data only

• #22/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  1. Archimedean Middle Conservatory

  12425 SW 72ND ST, Miami, FL, 33183

  10/10

  Houzeo school score

  16:1

  Students per teacher

  328

  Students enrolled

  Archimedean Middle Conservatory opened in August 2005 as the middle school of Archimedean Academy. It stands in the Horse Country area of Miami. The school is housed in a building of Gothic architecture built around a courtyard, and a 42,000 square foot building with athletic facilities opened in 2017 for the Middle and Upper Conservatory. It is governed by Archimedean Academy Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered in the State of Florida, with Miami-Dade County Public Schools as its local educational agency. The campus received AdvancED SACS-CASI accreditation in 2016. It was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2011 and again in 2019, and a School of Excellence by the Florida Department of Education for 2023-24 and for 2024-25.

• #65/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  2. Herbert A. Ammons Middle School

  17990 SW 142ND AVE, Miami, FL, 33177

  10/10

  Houzeo school score

  24:1

  Students per teacher

  999

  Students enrolled

  Herbert A. Ammons Middle School first opened in 1997, and a three-story, 113,065-square-foot solar-ready addition was later built on the campus. The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and falls under the district's South Region. It became the county's first fully authorized schoolwide International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme in 2006-2007 and was reauthorized in 2010-2011, 2015-2016 and 2021-2022. The U.S. Department of Education named it a National Blue Ribbon School in 2009 and again in 2018. It was designated a Florida Department of Education School of Excellence for 2023-24 and 2024-25, named a Nationally Certified Magnet School by Magnet Schools of America in 2017 and recertified in 2021, received the Five Star School Award from 2000 to 2019, and has been a Golden School Award recipient for over 10 years. Its teams are the Eagles and its colors are blue and gold.

• #152/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  3. Somerset Academy Bay Middle School

  9500 SW 97TH AVE, Miami, FL, 33176

  10/10

  Houzeo school score

  22:1

  Students per teacher

  259

  Students enrolled

  Somerset Academy Bay Middle School opened in the 2013-14 school year. It is governed by the board of directors of Somerset Academy, Inc., and its sponsoring district is the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Florida Department of Education named the school a School of Excellence on its middle school list for 2023-24 and again for 2024-25.

• #177/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  4. International Studies Charter Middle School

  2480 SW 8TH ST, Miami, FL, 33135

  10/10

  Houzeo school score

  15:1

  Students per teacher

  320

  Students enrolled

  International Studies Charter Middle School is governed by the board of directors of International Studies Charter High School, Inc., a body of five members, and is in the Miami-Dade County school district. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2017, and a Florida School of Excellence for 2023-24 and again for 2024-25.

• #299/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  5. AcadeMir Charter School Middle

  5800 SW 135TH AVE, Miami, FL, 33183

  10/10

  Houzeo school score

  17:1

  Students per teacher

  299

  Students enrolled

  AcadeMir Charter School Middle operates under a charter approved by its sponsor, the District School Board of Miami-Dade County, and is operated by AcadeMir Charter Schools, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation whose board of directors is its governing body. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2021, and a Florida Department of Education School of Excellence for 2023-24 and again for 2024-25.

• #392/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  6. Pinecrest Academy Charter Middle School

  14901 SW 42ND ST, Miami, FL, 33185

  9/10

  Houzeo school score

  24:1

  Students per teacher

  494

  Students enrolled

  Pinecrest Academy Charter Middle School operates under Pinecrest Academy, Inc. The campus is shared with Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School, the two listed together by their operator as one middle-high school. The school is sponsored by the School Board of Miami-Dade County, and the Florida Department of Education designated it a School of Excellence for 2023-24 and for 2024-25.

• #418/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  7. Mater Brickell Academy Middle

  230 SW 17TH RD, Miami, FL, 33129

  9/10

  Houzeo school score

  18:1

  Students per teacher

  525

  Students enrolled

  Mater Brickell Academy Middle completed its first year of operations in the year to June 2023, in a purpose-built seven-storey school building. The campus holds administrative offices and lounges, classrooms, laboratories, a kitchen and cafeteria, a basement and a parking garage, with a basketball court and gymnasium on the sixth floor, and the building earned Platinum certification from the Florida Green Building Coalition. Its facility, leased by Mater Academy, Inc. from Mater Academy Foundation, Inc., is shared with Mater Brickell Academy High. The school was named a Florida School of Excellence on the state's 2024-25 middle school list and is part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

• #497/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  8. Arvida Middle School

  10900 SW 127TH AVE, Miami, FL, 33186

  9/10

  Houzeo school score

  22:1

  Students per teacher

  989

  Students enrolled

  Arvida Middle School was founded in 1975 and is located in the Crossings. The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98. It was designated a Florida Department of Education School of Excellence for 2023-24 and again for 2024-25. Actress Cote de Pablo attended the school. The school is assigned to the district's South region.

• #849/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  9. Palmetto Middle School

  7351 SW 128TH ST, Miami, FL, 33156

  8/10

  Houzeo school score

  24:1

  Students per teacher

  715

  Students enrolled

  Palmetto Middle School operates within the Miami-Dade County school district and is assigned to the district's South region. It was designated a Florida Department of Education School of Excellence for 2023-24 and again for 2024-25.

• #929/3,393in florida

  • Public school
  • Middle school
  • Grades 6-8

  10. Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School

  15735 SW 144TH ST, Miami, FL, 33196

  8/10

  Houzeo school score

  18:1

  Students per teacher

  1019

  Students enrolled

  Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School opened in 2007. The campus consists of two one-story buildings and one three-story building, built as a multi-story classroom wing containing a media center, a single-story cafetorium and kitchen building, and an administration building. The school is named after a notable Miami leader who was forced into exile from Cuba as a young man for opposing the communist regime. It is administered within the South Region of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and is an officially recognized University of Cambridge Centre offering the Secondary 1 curriculum. Its teams are the Paladins.