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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002292
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9580 W CALUSA CLUB DR, MIAMI, FL 33186 · (305) 385-0589 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
183 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
17%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
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
82.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
89.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 89.8% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 87.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 695 | 26.3% | 84.9% |
| DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY DORAL | 580 | 25.9% | 64.0% |
| EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER DORAL | 861 | 24.2% | 60.4% |
| DORAL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE DORAL | 570 | 23.9% | 63.4% |
| DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER DORAL | 584 | 23.3% | 55.1% |
| JOHN I. SMITH K-8 CENTER DORAL | 785 | 22.5% | 59.1% |
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 CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #58 of 2,136 | #16 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #53 of 2,149 ▲ 20 | #17 of 279 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #93 of 2,149 ▲ 20 | #26 of 279 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #718 of 2,267 | #76 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,536 of 2,077 | #173 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #1,982 of 2,108 | #160 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #1,896 of 2,188 | #247 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #563 of 1,374 | #107 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
695
-107 (-13%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 1,209
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 695 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 26% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 38% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 770 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 40% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 56% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 52 | 16.4:1 | 50% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 54 | 15.9:1 | 51% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 47% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 992 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 18% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 1,209 | 57 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in MIAMI, Florida. It had 695 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE operates 527 schools. Combined enrollment is 335,685 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups include 5% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 40 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 17.5:1. Of all students at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 26% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average is 48%.
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Florida public elementary schools.
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outperforms its prediction by 16.9 points. The model expects 68.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida; the school's rate is 84.9%.
In Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 1.1 miles. CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 802 students in 2020-21 to 695 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.4:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).
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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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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
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- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
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Other Calusa Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Calusa Elementary. CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOCA RATON, FL · 858 students
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 417 students
Nearby schools
- CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 417
- ARVIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 989
- WINSTON PARK K-8 CENTER1.2 mi · 1,067
- KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 693
- OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 617
- DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER1.5 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 695 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.