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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000406
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER
1775 NW 60TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33142 · (305) 691-8021 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
362 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 67% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER→MIAMI NORTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH
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
36.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 43.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 →
Schools most like CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER this school | 461 | 78.5% | 40.1% |
| PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 457 | 79.2% | 46.4% |
| ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 459 | 76.9% | 44.2% |
| WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 494 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| NORTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 403 | 78.9% | 50.3% |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMY LAUDERHILL | 385 | 77.7% | 44.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,800 of 2,136 | #247 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,767 of 2,149 ▼ 67 | #256 of 279 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #1,892 of 2,149 ▼ 27 | #257 of 279 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #1,574 of 2,267 | #168 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,443 of 2,077 | #158 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #1,959 of 2,108 | #148 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #184 of 2,188 | #28 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #476 of 1,374 | #97 of 185 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 79% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 80% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 82% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 98% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 30 | 19.3:1 | 95% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 97% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 96% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 734 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 91% (671) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER.
About CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER is a small elementary school with an address in MIAMI, Florida. It reports enrollment of 461 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 24% below that mark.
MIAMI-DADE serves 335,685 students across 527 schools.
Black students are 89% of those enrolled at CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic. That compares with about 15% Black among all Miami-Dade County residents. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER are from different groups.
Its staff includes 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.1 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 79%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Florida public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER is 41.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.1%.
In the wider Miami-Dade County area, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Miami-Dade County, 561 public schools serve about 335,817 students.
About 0.4 miles separate CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER from the closest public school, AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.1% on proficiency, and CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER is below that at 40.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 461, down from 526 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.9:1 to 17.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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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
- AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 296
- ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 283
- SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER-8040.6 mi · 24
- LIBERTY CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 299
- POINCIANA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 169
- HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER?
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER serve?
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER.
How diverse is CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER?
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER reports a student body of 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 89% Black.
Who oversees CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER?
CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.