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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