CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER

Set in MIAMI, Florida, CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under MIAMI-DADE. It hosts 548 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER reports that 72% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 26% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 720 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 79% to 72%.

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