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If you had an hour of school board time for CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000536
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER
2101 NW 127TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33167 · (305) 688-9641 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
360 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
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER→MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
40.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +16.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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
548
-172 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.1:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
26%
was 20%
% Black
72%
was 79%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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%.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- THE SEED SCHOOL OF MIAMI0.2 mi · 232
- PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE NORTH0.5 mi · 45
- BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-80.7 mi · 424
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTER0.9 mi · 548
- HENRY E.S. REEVES K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 830
- NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTERHow many students attend CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER?
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER serve?
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER have?
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER are roughly 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER in?
CARRIE P. MEEK/WESTVIEW K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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