Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000374
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10205 SW 194TH ST, CUTLER BAY, FL 33157 · (305) 233-5401 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
207 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
41%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
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CUTLER BAY MIDDLE
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
47.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 57.7% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 324 | 63.9% | 49.0% |
| ENEIDA M. HARTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 324 | 61.4% | 39.6% |
| CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 430 | 64.9% | 52.8% |
| PINAR ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 342 | 66.7% | 52.1% |
| KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 294 | 64.6% | 54.4% |
| LAVERN GAYNOR ELEMENTARY NAPLES | 366 | 58.2% | 54.3% |
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 BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,383 of 2,136 | #194 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,120 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #182 of 279 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #1,414 of 2,149 ▲ 40 | #201 of 279 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #1,940 of 2,267 | #230 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,191 of 2,077 | #129 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #1,647 of 2,108 | #72 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #744 of 2,188 | #99 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.6% | #200 of 621 | #24 of 73 |
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
324
+72 (+29%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 64% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 71% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 76% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 93% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 87% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 98% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 93% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 95% (703) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in CUTLER BAY, Florida, (ZIP code 33157). Its 324 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 46% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
The MIAMI-DADE system has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
By race and ethnicity, BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% Hispanic. The school is also 22% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Teacher staffing is 20 full-time equivalents, or about 16.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 64% of students, or 207, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is higher.
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -0.2 points: 49.0% actual, 49.1% predicted.
Among Miami-Dade County residents, median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, with a combined enrollment of about 335,817.
CUTLER BAY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 49.0% is below the 53.6% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 252 students in 2020-21 and 324 in 2024-25, a 29% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.3:1 to 16.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
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- CUTLER BAY MIDDLEMiddle · 935 students
- MATER ACADEMY BAY ELEMENTARYElementary · 917 students
- DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 731 students
- CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 590 students
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 521 students
Other Bel-Aire Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bel-Aire Elementary. BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bel-Aire ElementaryGulfport, MS · 598 students
Nearby schools
- CUTLER BAY MIDDLE0.4 mi · 935
- CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 430
- BOYSTOWN0.7 mi · 44
- ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 168
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 544
- MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH1.3 mi · 2,238
Frequently asked questions
About BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 324 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 74% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEL-AIRE 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.