Ammons Middle School is an International Education Magnet, Miami-Dade school of choice. The school follows the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organization Middle Years Programme. As a school we emphasize the principles inherent in that program as well as a rigorous curriculum while maintaining a focus on reading and technology.

Ammons opened in September 1997 and moved to its current site in September 1998.

Ammons Middle School has won many awards in the intervening years. We have achieved:

No Child Left Behind
2004-2005
2005-2006

FCAT A+ School for 7 years in a row & are one of only two secondary schools in Miami-Dades County to do so.
Magnet Schools of Americas Award from 2001-2005
Highest Attendance Percentage Award for:
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006

2006-2007

"5 Star" School Award Winner (most prestigious state award for community/parent involvement) for:
2000-2001
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006

"Top 100" technology schools in the United States by Family PC magazine 2001

Our principal, Mr. Irwin Adler, recieved the Florida Top Technology Educator Award for 2004-2005.

The school was named for Herbert A. Ammons (1914-1991) who was an educator, civic activist and Boy Scout Leader in the Richmond Heights community. He was a teacher at Mays Senior High School and Homestead Junior High School.