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What's the one class at BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
927
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002500
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5700 W 24TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33016 · (305) 556-2204 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL927 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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
16.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
586 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 78 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 134 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (161).
Student demographics
5%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.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
64.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 57.9% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 927 | 63.2% | 55.1% |
| MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 786 | 60.9% | 55.2% |
| HENRY M. FLAGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 792 | 66.0% | 45.3% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY HIALEAH | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 700 | 61.7% | 40.4% |
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 BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,093 of 2,136 | #159 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #902 of 2,149 ▲ 122 | #152 of 279 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,143 of 2,149 ▲ 136 | #159 of 279 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 927 | #267 of 2,267 | #37 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,111 of 2,077 | #121 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.7% | #2,072 of 2,108 | #233 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #779 of 2,188 | #107 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #1,238 of 1,374 | #178 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
927
+119 (+15%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 2,053
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 927 | 58 | 16.0:1 | 63% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 939 | 59 | 15.9:1 | 64% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 897 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 77% (687) |
| 2020-21 | 808 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 90% (726) |
| 2017-18 | 958 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 88% (841) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 68 | 14.7:1 | 93% (931) |
| 2010-11 | 1,067 | 79 | 13.5:1 | 92% (983) |
| 2000-01 | 1,801 | 99 | 18.2:1 | 91% (1,641) |
| 1990-91 | 2,053 | 102 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in HIALEAH, Florida. Federal data show 927 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in MIAMI-DADE. The district has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. The diversity index for BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The school has 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 5.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.1% actual, 49.5% predicted).
Census data for Miami-Dade County show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY, is about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 808 students in 2020-21 to 927 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 16.0:1.
The discussion board for BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY0.1 mi · 1,008
- MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY0.6 mi · 315
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,219
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,611
- MATER ACADEMY1.0 mi · 1,521
- MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER1.1 mi · 1,082
Frequently asked questions
About BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 927 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEN SHEPPARD 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.