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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000395
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2420 NW 18TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33142 · (305) 635-7341 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
395 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
21.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
597
+122 (+26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.6:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
89%
was 83%
% Black
10%
was 17%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, teaches 597 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder consists of 10% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.0%; this one comes in at 33.1%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: MAYA ANGELOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 26%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 597 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 17% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- MAYA ANGELOU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 620
- MIAMI JACKSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,213
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS0.8 mi · 36
- SANTA CLARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 532
- EARLY BEGINNINGS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 98
- MATER INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY1.0 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COMSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.