ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary-level community in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, enrolls 601 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 43% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JESSE J. MCCRARY JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 19% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 601). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 69% to 54%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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