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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002806
CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14550 SW 96TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33186 · (305) 386-5244 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
205 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
64.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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
417
-160 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.7:1
% White
5%
was 5%
% Hispanic
91%
was 90%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment primary school in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, hosts 417 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 604.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school records 5% White, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 65.1%, a residual of +8.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 28%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
On allk12, the feed for CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. 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
- OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 617
- HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 486
- FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,935
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 695
- PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)1.1 mi · 733
- KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.