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What's the biggest difference between BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008735
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8
13400 NW 28TH AVE, OPA LOCKA, FL 33054 · (786) 353-6109 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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
12.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
274 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
31%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 53.3% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 this school | 424 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
| NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 430 | 65.8% | 53.9% |
| ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 450 | 65.1% | 53.4% |
| NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 443 | 63.7% | 56.2% |
| SOMERSET NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 467 | 63.4% | 62.5% |
| WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 451 | 67.6% | 54.9% |
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 BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,160 of 2,136 | #170 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #1,089 of 2,149 ▲ 137 | #175 of 279 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,194 of 2,149 ▲ 94 | #169 of 279 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #1,700 of 2,267 | #183 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #125 of 2,077 | #15 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #1,820 of 2,108 | #104 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #708 of 2,188 | #93 of 283 |
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
424
+170 (+67%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 31.8:1
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 | 424 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 65% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 5 | 90.4:1 | 94% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | N/A | N/A | 73% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 8 | 31.8:1 | 97% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8.
About BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8
OPA LOCKA, Florida, is home to BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8, a small elementary school. A federal count lists 424 students at the school, in kindergarten through 8. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 30% smaller than that.
District-wide, MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
The large majority of students at BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8, 81%, are Black. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic. Miami-Dade County's residents are about 15% Black, 66 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 65%. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 17 points lower.
allk12 grades BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 a B-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 53.3% actual against 48.8% predicted.
Miami-Dade County census figures show that median household income is about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 is among the 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County.
The next-closest public school is PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE NORTH, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8. Its average proficiency rate of 53.3% is above the 46.6% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large. NCES lists BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 as a charter school.
Enrollment records show 254 in 2020-21 and 424 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Its ratio of students to teachers was 31.8:1 in 2020-21, and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- NORTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 431 students
- NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 310 students
- DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 232 students
- GOLDEN GLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 210 students
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- JAN MANN EDUCATIONAL CENTERCombined · 83 students
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- PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE NORTH0.3 mi · 45
- DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 232
- NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 310
- NORTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 431
- CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER0.7 mi · 548
- THE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI0.9 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8How large is BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8?
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 serve?
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 have?
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8?
Student demographics at BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 are roughly 0% White, 18% Hispanic, 81% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 in?
BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.