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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,159
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000471
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY
24400 SW 124TH AVE, HOMESTEAD, FL 33032 · (305) 257-0500 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,159 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
795 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
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY→HOMESTEAD 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
34.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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
1,159
-437 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.3:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
60%
was 55%
% Black
38%
was 40%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY operates as a sprawling K-5 school in HOMESTEAD, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 1,159 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 92% above the state mean of about 604.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 38% Black. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
After controlling for student poverty, COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 39.7%.
Across the wider county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,596 (now 1,159). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 55% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. 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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 971
- SUMMERVILLE ADVANTAGE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 420
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS AT PRINCETON1.0 mi · 574
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS1.2 mi · 1,890
- GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 497
- SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY1.5 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMYHow large is COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY?
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,159 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY serve?
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY have?
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY?
Student demographics at COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 60% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY in?
COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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