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Enrollment
2,063
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007241
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER
21101 NE 26TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33180 · (305) 933-5200 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,063 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
524 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 177 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 198 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 218 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 259 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 243 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 235 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 232 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 235 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (177) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (266).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER→DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
69.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 66.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER this school | 2,063 | 25.4% | 64.9% |
| CELEBRATION K-8 CELEBRATION | 1,498 | 32.2% | 66.7% |
| NORMAN S. EDELCUP/SUNNY ISLES BEACH K-8 SUNNY ISLES BEACH | 1,729 | 26.9% | 71.4% |
| VERDE K-8 BOCA RATON | 1,360 | 22.7% | 74.6% |
| RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER BAY HARBOR ISLANDS | 1,257 | 20.8% | 82.2% |
| MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOL MINNEOLA | 1,763 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #650 of 2,136 | #94 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #688 of 2,149 ▲ 4 | #118 of 279 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #697 of 2,149 ▼ 23 | #104 of 279 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,063 | #1 of 2,267 | #1 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,802 of 2,077 | #224 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #992 of 2,108 | #4 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #1,904 of 2,188 | #249 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #1,236 of 1,374 | #177 of 185 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,063
+101 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 1,845
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,063 | 110 | 18.8:1 | 25% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 2,158 | 111 | 19.4:1 | 32% (692) |
| 2022-23 | 2,168 | 110 | 19.7:1 | 32% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 1,962 | 115 | 17.1:1 | 44% (867) |
| 2017-18 | 2,134 | 123 | 17.4:1 | 41% (882) |
| 2015-16 | 1,999 | 117 | 17.1:1 | 44% (883) |
| 2010-11 | 1,845 | 103 | 17.9:1 | 42% (781) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER.
About AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is a public elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 2,063 students. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 242% above that mark.
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is a school in MIAMI-DADE. The district has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
The biggest share of students at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER, 46%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 46% White, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is 18.8:1, based on 110 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 68.5%. AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER scores 64.9%, 3.6 points below that line.
For the population of Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools enroll about 335,817 students and include AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER.
Among nearby public schools, VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,962 to 2,063, a 5% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.1:1 to 18.8:1.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
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- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL0.5 mi · 586
- HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 736
- DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 820
- GULFSTREAM EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE0.9 mi · 48
- GULFSTREAM ACADEMY OF HALLANDALE BEACH1.1 mi · 1,227
- SOUTH BROWARD MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER?
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 2,063 students in grades PK-08.
Is AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER have?
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER employs 110 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER are roughly 46% White, 46% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER in?
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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