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Enrollment
752
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000387
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER
11990 SW 200TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33177 · (305) 233-7131 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL752 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
525 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER→MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE 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
44.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp 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 58 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
752
-88 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.9:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
65%
was 53%
% Black
31%
was 43%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER
Set in MIAMI, Florida, CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER is a mid-tier K-5 school, operated by MIAMI-DADE. It enrolls 752 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 31% Black.
On the resource side, CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of +1.8 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.7%.
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 840 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 43% to 31%.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 315
- SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 436
- MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH0.8 mi · 2,238
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY0.8 mi · 1,172
- ARTHUR AND POLLY MAYS CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS1.1 mi · 514
- ACADEMIR PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 53
Frequently asked questions
About CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTERHow large is CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER?
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 752 students in grades PK-08.
Is CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER have?
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER are roughly 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER public or private?
CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER 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.