Did Miami-Dade County School District students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 school year algebra FAST tests?

Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education - https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/
Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education - https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/
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Of the 87,807 Miami-Dade County School District students who took part in the algebra section of the 2023-24 FAST, 48.6% met the testing standard while 12.1% exceeded expectations, according to the Florida Department of Education.

The number of Miami-Dade County School District students who succeeded on the test grew by 218.5% from the previous school year.

Miami-Dade County School District’s proficiency level in algebra stood at 60.7% in the 2023-24 school year, 5.3% higher than the state’s average of 55.4%.

During the 2023-24 school year, St. Johns County School District students fared the best on the algebra portion of the FAST, with 78% of them succeeding. Meanwhile Gadsden County School District students did worst on algebra, with 27.2% of the students passing the test.

There were 200,788 students enrolled in Miami-Dade County School District schools in the 2023-24 school year.

Florida ranks near the bottom nationwide in academic recovery since the pandemic, according to the 2025 Education Recovery Scorecard. The state placed 36th in math and 45th in reading recovery between 2019 and 2024, with the lowest reading gains in the nation from 2022 to 2024. Students remain more than half a grade behind in math and nearly a full grade behind in reading, with no district returning to its 2019 reading levels.

Miami-Dade County School District’s Student Proficiency in Algebra in 2023-24 School Year

Miami-Dade County School District’s Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in Algebra
School Year Students who met standards (%) Students who exceeded standards (%) Total Enrollment
2023-24 48.6% 12.1% 200,788
2022-23 44.7% 14.3% 534,879


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