Summary:
The city of Plantation, Florida is home to two middle schools: Seminole Middle School and Plantation Middle School. Based on the available data, Seminole Middle School appears to be the stronger performing school, with higher proficiency rates across most subject areas compared to Plantation Middle School, as well as higher proficiency rates than the Broward County and Florida state averages.
Seminole Middle School also has a higher statewide ranking, placing in the top 680 middle schools in Florida for the 2023-2024 school year, compared to Plantation Middle School which ranked 880th. Additionally, Seminole Middle School has a lower chronic absenteeism rate of 30.1% compared to Plantation Middle School's 36.2%.
While Plantation Middle School has a higher per-student spending of $13,641 compared to Seminole Middle School's $9,865 per student, the data suggests that higher funding does not necessarily translate to better academic performance in this case. The racial demographics of the two schools also differ significantly, with Seminole Middle School being more racially diverse and Plantation Middle School having a predominantly African American student population.
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