Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000388
CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4375 NW 173RD DR, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33055 · (305) 621-0509 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
242 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
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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 down about 7 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
308
-103 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 16.4:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
37%
was 22%
% Black
60%
was 77%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 4375 NW 173RD DR, in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community that works with 308 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of MIAMI-DADE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.
CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.
Looking at the student body, CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 41.9%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 411 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 77% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.
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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
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI GARDENS
- MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 859 students
- CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 509 students
- NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 454 students
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENSElementary · 413 students
- CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 411 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 454
- ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI0.7 mi · 375
- NORTH GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 216
- JAN MANN EDUCATIONAL CENTER0.8 mi · 83
- LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 509
- CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 22.0:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian.
Is CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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