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What's the one class at CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003050
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5241 NW 195TH DR, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33055 · (305) 628-5776 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
387 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
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
41.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 up about 4 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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
568
-163 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
% White
1%
was 4%
% Hispanic
88%
was 80%
% Black
10%
was 14%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary-level community in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 568 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by MIAMI-DADE.
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.
Looking at the student body, CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 10% Black. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 43.2%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: HIS HOUSE, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 568). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 80% to 88% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 GARDENS
- MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 859 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
- DR. FREDERICA S. WILSON/SKYWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- HIS HOUSE0.7 mi · 63
- LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 509
- LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 255
- MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 264
- ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI0.9 mi · 375
- DR. FREDERICA S. WILSON/SKYWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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