Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000372
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3060 SW 85TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33155 · (305) 221-4011 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
151 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
4%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
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
63.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
69.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp 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 3 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 | 63.0% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 66.1% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 340 | 44.4% | 64.3% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 367 | 45.0% | 64.5% |
| FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 381 | 48.3% | 62.3% |
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 289 | 47.1% | 64.3% |
| DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 403 | 46.2% | 69.5% |
| SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY SUNSET MIAMI | 350 | 41.7% | 81.9% |
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 BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #671 of 2,136 | #101 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #687 of 2,149 ▲ 8 | #117 of 279 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #706 of 2,149 ▲ 22 | #105 of 279 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,911 of 2,267 | #223 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #604 of 2,077 | #57 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.1% | #2,078 of 2,108 | #239 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.4% | #1,458 of 2,188 | #204 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,109 of 1,374 | #167 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
340
+44 (+15%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 44% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 53% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 66% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 80% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 74% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 81% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 81% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 61% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 340 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE includes 527 schools. Together they enroll 335,685 students.
About 98% of the student body at BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County residents are about 69% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 4%, meaning two students picked at random have a 4% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 14.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%.
allk12 grades BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.9% for BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 64.3%, 5.4 points above the prediction.
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Miami-Dade County, where the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 560 other public schools.
Nearest public school: EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.4%; BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 64.3%, ranking 3rd of 9.
For locale, NCES codes BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment gain, from 296 in 2020-21 to 340 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.8:1, from 13.4:1.
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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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Other Banyan Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Banyan Elementary. BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUNRISE, FL · 427 students
- Banyan ElementaryAlta Loma, CA · 572 students
- Banyan ElementaryNewbury Park, CA · 416 students
Nearby schools
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 289
- ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 370
- ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 888
- MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH1.0 mi · 2,082
- EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER1.1 mi · 912
- WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
Is BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.