Of the 269,556 Miami-Dade County School District students who took part in the math section of the 2023-24 FAST, 44.1% met the testing standard while 15.3% exceeded expectations, according to the Florida Department of Education.
The number of Miami-Dade County School District students who succeeded on the test fell by 1.4% from the previous school year.
Miami-Dade County School District’s proficiency level in math stood at 59.4% in the 2023-24 school year, 3.8% higher than the state’s average of 55.6%.
During the 2023-24 school year, Nassau County School District students fared the best on the math portion of the FAST, with 77% of them succeeding. Meanwhile Hendry County School District students did worst on math, with 35.2% 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.
| School Year | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceeded standards (%) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 15.3% | 200,788 |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 13.7% | 534,879 |
