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BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
School pathway
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 49.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
Schools most like BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 330 | 71.8% | 44.4% |
| NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER MIAMI GARDENS | 319 | 71.8% | 49.7% |
| PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 372 | 69.6% | 53.6% |
| NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 310 | 72.9% | 53.0% |
| ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER LAUDERHILL | 317 | 69.4% | 58.3% |
| DEERFIELD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 391 | 73.4% | 49.1% |
Where BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,622 of 2,136 | #226 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,348 of 2,149 ▲ 40 | #204 of 279 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,655 of 2,149 ▼ 11 | #230 of 279 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #1,931 of 2,267 | #228 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #680 of 2,077 | #66 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #1,844 of 2,108 | #107 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #387 of 2,188 | #41 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #60 of 1,374 | #20 of 185 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 72% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 80% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 82% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 94% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 86% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 92% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 847 | 53 | 16.0:1 | 90% (760) |
| 2000-01 | 1,145 | 51 | 22.4:1 | 90% (1,029) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 45 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
About BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, and it is part of MIAMI-DADE. It teaches 330 students in pre-K through 5. That is 45% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
Enrollment across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE totals 335,685 students.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 82% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 30%.
There are 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 15.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A total of 237 students, or 72%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 24 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of Florida public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 44.4% actual against 45.2% predicted.
Census data for Miami-Dade County show median household income comes to about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF MIAMI GARDENS is about 0.5 miles from BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 469 to 330, a 30% decline.
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