The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in English language arts. The lowest is 54% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Silver Trail Middle School
Silver Trail Middle School sits on Sheridan Street in Southwest Ranches, a deliberately rural town in western Broward County where large-lot ranches, equestrian properties, and estate homes define the streetscape. The town has no traditional downtown, no sidewalks by design, and minimal commercial activity; residents drive to neighboring cities like Weston, Davie, and Pembroke Pines for most daily needs. Civic life centers on a parks and trails network that publicly reported sources describe as spanning more than 25 miles of right-of-way for pedestrian and equestrian use, with parks including Sunshine Ranches Equestrian Park and Southwest Meadows Sanctuary. New luxury estate construction continues, keeping the town on a slow, high-end growth path. Home values in the zip code sit dramatically above both the state and national medians, and estimated monthly ownership costs reflect that gap in ways that make this one of the more expensive school zones in South Florida. Renters face a high rent-to-income ratio as well.
Silver Trail serves sixth through eighth graders as a regular Broward County public school. Enrollment is large for a middle school. Hispanic students form the largest group, white students the second largest, with Black and Asian students represented as well, and the student body is racially and ethnically mixed in ways consistent with Broward County broadly. Roughly a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school in a more economically mixed context than the surrounding neighborhood's housing market might suggest. Data on English learner and special education population rates were not available in the data provided.
On Florida's FAST assessments, the academic picture is genuinely mixed and worth looking at grade by grade. In ELA, proficiency rates across all three middle grades are strong and relatively consistent, with sixth graders performing at a high level and seventh and eighth graders only modestly lower. Math tells a different story. Sixth grade math proficiency is strong, seventh grade comes in noticeably lower, and eighth grade math proficiency drops sharply, falling well below the pattern set by the other grades and subjects. That eighth grade math result is the most meaningful soft spot in the data, and a parent would be well served by asking the school directly about what is driving it and what supports are in place for students who enter that course sequence behind. On the eighth grade science assessment, roughly half of students reached proficiency, a middling result. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these patterns represent improvement, decline, or stability.
No program offerings data was provided for Silver Trail, so the range of electives, honors courses, or enrichment options is not something this account can speak to. Parents curious about accelerated pathways, extracurriculars, or specific academic supports should ask the school directly. The district brief search returned no confirmed recent changes at the Broward district level relevant to this school, so that was left out rather than guessed at.
The comparison framework available here covers districts in Broward County, but with only one district in the county cohort the proficiency comparison is not applicable, and chronic absenteeism data was absent entirely. Placing Silver Trail against a broader set of Florida middle schools was not possible from the provided data.
What this adds up to is a large, mixed-income middle school in an affluent and distinctly rural setting. The ELA results are a genuine strength across all three grades. The eighth grade math result is a real concern that deserves a direct conversation with the school. Families drawn to the Southwest Ranches lifestyle, large lots, equestrian access, and a quieter edge-of-Broward environment will find Silver Trail is the neighborhood middle school by default, and the academic picture is uneven enough that understanding the course structure and support systems before eighth grade arrives seems worth the effort.
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