# WILLIAM DANDY MIDDLE SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `120018000222` - **School name**: WILLIAM DANDY MIDDLE SCHOOL - **Location**: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33311 - **Address**: 2400 NW 26TH ST - **District**: BROWARD (LEAID `1200180`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Middle - **Grade range**: 6–8 - **Coordinates**: 26.15608, -80.17601 - **Phone**: (754)322-3200 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 620 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 33 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 18.8:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 66.8% ## State accountability rating - **System**: FL School Grade - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: C - **Indicators**: - overall: C ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 57.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 42.3% (381 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 2.5% (17 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.2% (8 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 4.7% (32 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.2% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 5.3% - **Black/African American**: 0.2% - **Asian**: 92.0% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 1.3% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 0.9% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 67.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 17.9% — 122 students - **English Learners**: 10.9% — 74 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 58 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 18 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 12 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 11 students - **Autism**: 4 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $12,748 - **Federal share**: $1,800 - **State + local share**: $10,948 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,881,634 - **Federal share**: 19.2% - **State share**: 31.2% - **Local share**: 49.6% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,878,709 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $59,745 - **Poverty rate**: 23.1% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 30.4% - **Unemployment**: 3.7% - **Median gross rent**: $1,640 - **Foreign-born residents**: 28.4% - **Single-parent households**: 27.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 1.0 miles (WINGATE ROAD MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR DUMP) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 4 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 40 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.82 miles (LINCOLN PARK DURRS NEIGHBORHOOD) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: FORT LAUDERDALE, CITY OF - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-12-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 8.8067 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 1.7 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND SERVICES** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.5%) - **SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL** — 0.6 mi away, 1.24% (this school: 2.5%) - **DILLARD 6-12** — 1.1 mi away, 1.59% (this school: 2.5%) - **LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.4 mi away, 1.16% (this school: 2.5%) - **EAGLES NEST CHARTER ACADEMY** — 1.5 mi away, 0.93% (this school: 2.5%) ### ela proficiency - **ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.4 mi away, 63.5% (this school: 43%) - **DILLARD 6-12** — 1.1 mi away, 44% (this school: 43%) - **ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.4 mi away, 52% (this school: 43%) - **LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.4 mi away, 46.5% (this school: 43%) - **SUNLAND PARK ACADEMY** — 1.7 mi away, 66% (this school: 43%) ### math proficiency - **ROCK ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.4 mi away, 66% (this school: 42%) - **DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.1 mi away, 68% (this school: 42%) - **DILLARD 6-12** — 1.1 mi away, 48% (this school: 42%) - **LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.4 mi away, 52% (this school: 42%) - **ORIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.4 mi away, 62% (this school: 42%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale - **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/performance - **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/context - **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/william-dandy-middle-school-fort-lauderdale/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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