AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER

AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is a roomy K-5 school in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. The school serves 2,063 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 242% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.

On demographics, AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER shows that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 46% White, 5% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER has 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.5%; this one delivers 64.9%.

Across the wider county, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is one campus in the mix.

VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER has edged down 3%, going from 2,134 students in 2018 to 2,063 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 33% to 46%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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