BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in NORTH MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, with 548 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER shows that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER. On composite proficiency, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 545 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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