Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000385
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16001 BUNCHE PARK DR, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33054 · (305) 621-1469 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
211 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
44%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 55.9% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 269 | 78.4% | 47.9% |
| CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 308 | 78.6% | 41.9% |
| LILLIE C. EVANS K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 269 | 73.2% | 47.0% |
| DUNBAR ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 324 | 77.8% | 50.5% |
| OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 314 | 79.3% | 32.0% |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 276 | 78.6% | 29.0% |
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 BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,438 of 2,136 | #202 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,543 of 2,149 ▼ 418 | #231 of 279 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,536 of 2,149 ▼ 316 | #212 of 279 ▼ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #2,032 of 2,267 | #249 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #119 of 2,077 | #13 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #1,577 of 2,108 | #65 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #191 of 2,188 | #29 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #144 of 1,374 | #37 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
269
-40 (-13%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 269 | 21 | 12.8:1 | 78% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 79% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 19 | 12.3:1 | 83% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 97% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 94% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 29 | 10.9:1 | 95% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 57 | 8.7:1 | 93% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 755 | 58 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 16001 BUNCHE PARK DR in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. It teaches 269 students in pre-K through 5. That is 55% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students, and BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The largest group at BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 68%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. The diversity index for BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.8 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 4.7 students per teacher. About 78% of students at BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 30 points.
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 41.9% and the result is 47.9%.
For Miami-Dade County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, NORTH DADE CENTER FOR MODERN LANGUAGES is closest at about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 51.9%, higher than BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 47.9%.
The NCES locale for BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 13%. The school's ratio increased from 11.0:1 to 12.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 30% Hispanic, 68% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BUNCHE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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