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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000402

CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2201 NW 187TH ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33056 · (305) 624-1495 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
183 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K197%
Kindergarten3212%
Grade 13915%
Grade 24517%
Grade 34517%
Grade 44617%
Grade 53814%

This year's kindergarten class (32) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).

Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
10%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
3313%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
22786%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
13551%
Female
12949%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
48.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -20.9pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -33.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 33 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%45.0%
2023-2468.9%78.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school26469.3%57.1%
NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT LAUDERDALE
26669.9%56.5%
BARBARA HAWKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI GARDENS
22770.9%48.0%
ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER
LAUDERHILL
31769.4%58.3%
LEGENDS ACADEMY CHARTER
ORLANDO
22069.1%47.5%
THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT LAUDERDALE
28864.9%40.3%
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 CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.1%#999 of 2,136#150 of 278
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
45.0%#1,758 of 2,149
▼ 1,473
#253 of 279
▼ 202
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,401 of 2,149
▼ 1,009
#198 of 279
▼ 141
Enrollment
ranked largest first
264#2,039 of 2,267#252 of 290
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.9:1#1,818 of 2,077#227 of 264
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.5%#1,919 of 2,108#130 of 267
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
69.3%#483 of 2,188#53 of 283
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-26.9%#275 of 1,374#65 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 2024-25
Enrollment
264
-33 (-11%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252641418.9:169% (183)
2023-242381515.9:172% (171)
2022-232651715.6:174% (197)
2020-212972114.1:194% (278)
2017-183612812.9:184% (305)
2015-164232815.1:191% (384)
2010-116994615.2:183% (578)
2000-016563419.3:179% (516)
1990-917343620.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a small elementary school, CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 264 students enrolled. It has 56% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).

The district, MIAMI-DADE, has 335,685 students enrolled across 527 schools.

The share of students at CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are Black is 86%. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.

The school's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. At CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Miami-Dade County.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.4%.

In Miami-Dade County, home to about 2,738,356 people, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENS, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 18.9:1 over the same years.

CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.

Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
2201 NW 187TH ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33056
Phone
(305) 624-1495
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
264
Teachers (FTE)
14
Student–teacher ratio
18.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
183 (69%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120039000402
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Crestview Elementary schools

20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Crestview Elementary. CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 20th largest of the 21.

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Frequently asked questions

About CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many students attend CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-05.
Is CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the student diversity at CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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