The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Andover Middle School
Andover Middle School is a public school serving grades six through eight in Miami's far-north residential corridor, operating under Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school draws from a neighborhood where the surrounding zip code has seen home values decline moderately over the past year, sitting below the Florida statewide median. Rents in the area consume a substantial share of household income by national benchmarks, and a large portion of Andover's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you something about the economic pressures many families here face.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a meaningful Hispanic share and very small representations of other groups. Enrollment is modest for a middle school of its grade span. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the records reviewed, so parents of children who may need those services should ask the school directly.
On Florida's FAST assessments, Andover's results run below the midpoint of where most families would want to see a middle school land. In sixth-grade math and ELA, roughly half of students tested proficient, which is at least a sign that a substantial portion of students are meeting the standard in the earlier grades. By eighth grade, math proficiency drops noticeably, and eighth-grade science results are weaker still, with only about a third of students reaching proficiency on the statewide science assessment. ELA holds somewhat more steadily across the three grade levels than math does. These are patterns a parent will want to ask the school about directly, particularly around how students are being supported as they move through the grade band and what intervention or acceleration options are available.
Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from the public record whether these numbers are improving, flat, or declining. The comparison framework for Miami-Dade County's districts had too few members to produce a meaningful position comparison for Andover specifically, so that context is absent here.
Program information was not included in the data reviewed. Whether the school offers any advanced coursework, electives, arts, or extracurricular offerings is a gap a family should fill by visiting the school's own materials or contacting the office.
The district context matters for any family thinking about enrollment stability. Miami-Dade is managing a real and ongoing decline in enrollment, and publicly reported coverage indicates the district proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools heading into the next school year, spanning all three regional zones. Families moving into the area should ask specifically about Andover's status and whether boundary changes are anticipated, because reassignment and reconfigured grade structures are genuinely on the table districtwide.
On the district side, a voter-approved property-tax referendum passed in November 2022 set a higher school tax rate to fund teacher compensation and campus safety staffing; that rate runs through 2027 unless renewed, which is a cost homeowners in the attendance zone are carrying. Separately, Florida is moving toward a stricter statewide cell phone policy by the end of 2026, which will affect daily classroom life across all Miami-Dade schools including Andover.
Miami itself is a large, dense urban city with uneven neighborhood character. The school's address sits in a mostly residential stretch of northeastern Miami-Dade, well north of the downtown civic and transit core. The city overall is quite walkable in its central districts, and the Metrorail and Metromover systems serve the urban core, though how directly those connect to daily life near Andover depends on where a family lives. The city's major employment anchors, government, health care, education, and the airport, are broadly distributed across the county.
What the data presents is a school with academic outcomes that fall short of proficiency for a substantial share of students, particularly in math and science by eighth grade. Families who value these benchmarks or who are looking at Andover as preparation for a selective high school pathway should look closely at the school's academic support structures and ask specific questions. The broader district is in an active period of restructuring, which adds a practical layer of uncertainty about which school a child will actually attend over the course of the middle school years.
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