Sawgrass Springs Middle, 12500 W. Sample Road: grades 6-8, 863 students on the Aug. 21 district count and an A in Florida's 2026 school grades.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Broward County Public Schools’ zone map for Sawgrass Springs, attendance boundaries and Tenth Day Enrollment Count, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Sawgrass Springs Middle is the Broward County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 on West Sample Road at the western edge of Coral Springs. Its whole attendance zone lies inside Coral Springs city limits, according to the district’s boundary maps.

Who to call
Address 12500 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, FL 33065
Phone 754-322-4500
Grades 6 to 8
District Broward County Public Schools
State school number 3431

Principal

Principal Melinda Wessinger, according to the school’s Meet the Administrators page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 863 students on Aug. 21, 2026, the 10th day of the 2026-27 school year, 64 fewer than on the same day in 2025, according to the district’s Tenth Day Enrollment Count.
  • Federal count: 1,012 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 20 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. A school’s grade is the share of possible points it earns on state test results, learning gains in English and math, and, for middle schools, a middle school acceleration measure. The state’s 2026 file sets an A for a middle school at 64% of points or more.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (64% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 68%
  • Math: 63%
  • Science: 63%
  • Social studies: 78%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School tool or the Sawgrass Springs zone map (PDF).

Comparing the district’s elementary, middle and high school attendance boundaries:

  • Elementary schools in the zone: nearly all of the Westchester zone, about half of the Parkside zone and about a third of the Maplewood zone. Westchester covers about two-thirds of the middle school’s zone.
  • High school: the whole zone is zoned for Coral Glades High.

No proposal in the district’s 2026-27 Redefining Our Schools plan names Sawgrass Springs.

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar synopsis (PDF):

  • Friday, Oct. 9: early release
  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break

Neither the school nor the district publishes Sawgrass Springs’ bell times online.

Programs

The school’s innovative programs page lists an Environmental Science Program and a Cambridge Scholar Program, both with an online application.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Sawgrass Springs Middle serve?

Grades 6 through 8. It is a Broward County Public Schools middle school at 12500 W. Sample Road in Coral Springs.

What is Sawgrass Springs Middle’s school grade?

Sawgrass Springs Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 64% of possible points. It also earned an A in 2025 and 2024.

Which high school does Sawgrass Springs Middle feed into?

Coral Glades High. The whole Sawgrass Springs zone is zoned for Coral Glades, according to the district’s attendance boundaries.

Which elementary schools feed Sawgrass Springs Middle?

Westchester Elementary and parts of the Parkside and Maplewood elementary zones.