CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the small elementary-level communitys in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, with 264 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 57.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 27%, going from 361 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 93% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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