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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000399
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7955 SW 152ND ST, PALMETTO BAY, FL 33157 · (305) 235-1464 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
197 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 | 56 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
47%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
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE 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
77.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
79.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.4% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 77.8% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 696 | 28.3% | 78.8% |
| CHAPEL TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 597 | 28.5% | 71.5% |
| HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA PALMETTO | 551 | 29.0% | 46.1% |
| CORAL GABLES PREPARATORY ACADEMY CORAL GABLES | 812 | 27.2% | 73.4% |
| HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE TAMPA | 819 | 31.7% | 62.0% |
| VINELAND K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 671 | 22.1% | 78.0% |
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 CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #196 of 2,136 | #35 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #307 of 2,149 ▼ 20 | #55 of 279 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #222 of 2,149 ▼ 88 | #43 of 279 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #709 of 2,267 | #75 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,542 of 2,077 | #174 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #1,477 of 2,108 | #53 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,855 of 2,188 | #242 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #315 of 1,374 | #68 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
696
-88 (-11%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,118
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 696 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 28% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 33% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 32% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 36% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 34% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 58 | 15.2:1 | 39% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 34% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 40 | 20.4:1 | 16% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 1,118 | 53 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in PALMETTO BAY, Florida. It has an enrollment of 696 students in pre-K through 5.
Within MIAMI-DADE, CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools. The district enrolls 335,685 students.
The student body at CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among Miami-Dade County residents, the Hispanic share is about 69%. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.4:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 28% at CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 20 points.
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 67.0%. CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 78.8%, 11.8 points above that line.
In Miami-Dade County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 74.4% proficiency; CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 78.8%.
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net loss of 88 students, or 11%. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 17.4:1 in 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
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 PALMETTO BAY
- SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,063 students
- DR. HENRY E. PERRINE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSElementary · 513 students
Other Coral Reef Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Coral Reef Elementary. CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 978 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,063
- HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 341
- DR. HENRY E. PERRINE ACADEMY OF THE ARTS1.3 mi · 513
- PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 715
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 654
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST2.0 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 18% White, 70% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CORAL REEF 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.