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What's the biggest difference between BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY and what you expected?
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Enrollment
841
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002805
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY
6601 SW 152ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33193 · (305) 386-6667 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.5:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
477 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 | 36 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
7%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
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY→JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH
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
57.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
61.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.1% | 63.2% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY this school | 841 | 56.7% | 59.1% |
| EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 912 | 57.0% | 62.4% |
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY HIALEAH | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| PINECREST COVE ACADEMY MIAMI | 938 | 55.7% | 80.4% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 842 | 52.7% | 28.4% |
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 BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #912 of 2,136 | #137 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #1,024 of 2,149 ▼ 209 | #161 of 279 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #929 of 2,149 ▲ 89 | #136 of 279 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #388 of 2,267 | #51 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,262 of 2,077 | #137 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.7% | #2,054 of 2,108 | #215 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #1,022 of 2,188 | #131 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #719 of 1,374 | #133 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
841
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,255
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 841 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 57% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 62% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 68% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 83% (694) |
| 2017-18 | 984 | 65 | 15.1:1 | 82% (804) |
| 2015-16 | 1,109 | 69 | 16.1:1 | 87% (970) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 76% (680) |
| 2000-01 | 1,255 | 64 | 19.6:1 | 62% (775) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY.
About BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. School enrollment was 841 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 39% larger than that.
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is run by MIAMI-DADE, whose 527 schools enroll 335,685 students.
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY enrolls a student body that is 97% Hispanic. In Miami-Dade County overall, about 69% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY comes in at 7%.
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 57%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 9 points.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY would be expected to post about 52.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.1%.
In Miami-Dade County (population about 2,738,356), median household income is about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
The closest public school, JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH, is about 0.7 miles from BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is 9th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 835 in 2020-21 and 841 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.2:1 to 16.5:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- 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 MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH0.7 mi · 4,291
- JANE S. ROBERTS K-8 CENTER0.8 mi · 630
- DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 403
- PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)1.0 mi · 733
- LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 718
- DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY?
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY enrolls approximately 841 students in grades PK-08.
Is BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is approximately 16.5:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY?
Student demographics at BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY public or private?
BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.