Enrollment
348
Combined
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000379
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9250 SW 52ND TER, MIAMI, FL 33165 · (305) 271-6046 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
132 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 5 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 6 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
12%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
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH
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
59.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -16.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 71.5% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
Where BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #10 of 25 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #16 of 25 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #15 of 25 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #29 of 180 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #10 of 40 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.6% | #41 of 42 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #7 of 24 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
348
-114 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.2:1
% White
3%
was 6%
% Hispanic
94%
was 92%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 348 | 32 | 10.9:1 | 38% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 43% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 36 | 10.6:1 | 45% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 50 | 9.2:1 | 59% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. Its address is in MIAMI, Florida. There are 348 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 12.
MIAMI-DADE has a total of 527 schools and 335,685 students, BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
A large majority of enrollment at BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic, at 94%. It is also 3% White. Miami-Dade County's residents are about 69% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 12%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida is 6.8 students per teacher. In all, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points below the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are within a point of predicted: 62.7% against 62.2%.
The school is in Miami-Dade County, where median household income comes to 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%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
PREK INTERVENTION, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 348, from 462 in 2017-18. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.2:1 to 10.9:1 over the same years.
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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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- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
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- PREK INTERVENTION0.1 mi · 355
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH0.4 mi · 2,599
- GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 533
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY0.9 mi · 333
- SNAPPER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 362
- OLYMPIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BLUE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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