Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000475
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
19010 NW 37TH AVE, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33056 · (305) 624-2615 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
161 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 | 19 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
27%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
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 53.2% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 227 | 70.9% | 48.0% |
| NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 266 | 69.9% | 56.5% |
| CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 264 | 69.3% | 57.1% |
| LEGENDS ACADEMY CHARTER ORLANDO | 220 | 69.1% | 47.5% |
| BILTMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 206 | 74.3% | 29.1% |
| BROWARD ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 220 | 66.4% | 42.3% |
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 BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,429 of 2,136 | #200 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,614 of 2,149 ▼ 376 | #238 of 279 ▼ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,734 of 2,149 ▼ 577 | #239 of 279 ▼ 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #2,078 of 2,267 | #260 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,568 of 2,077 | #179 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,891 of 2,108 | #119 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #427 of 2,188 | #45 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #641 of 1,374 | #117 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
227
-40 (-15%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 227 | 13 | 17.5:1 | 71% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 73% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 80% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 96% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 88% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 96% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 93% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 90% (549) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 28 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida. It enrolls 227 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 62% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE is the local district for BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 527 schools with 335,685 students.
Black students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 13 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.5:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. There are 161 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 71% of enrollment. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Miami-Dade County.
On the allk12 Grade, BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 2.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (48.0% actual, 45.6% predicted).
Miami-Dade County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Miami-Dade County with 560 other public schools.
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net loss of 40 students, or 15%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.5 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-05.
Is BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 84% Black.
What district is BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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