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What's the state of after-school transportation at CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000403
CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
20210 CORAL SEA RD, CUTLER BAY, FL 33189 · (305) 235-4611 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
279 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
2
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
CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CUTLER BAY MIDDLE
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
52.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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
430
-118 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
4%
was 6%
% Hispanic
77%
was 68%
% Black
17%
was 20%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a close-knit primary school in CUTLER BAY, Florida, CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 430 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Black, 4% White.
On the income-and-resources front, CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.8%.
In the surrounding community, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.8%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 548 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.
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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 CUTLER BAY
- CUTLER BAY MIDDLEMiddle · 935 students
- MATER ACADEMY BAY ELEMENTARYElementary · 917 students
- DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 731 students
- CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 590 students
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 521 students
Nearby schools
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 544
- BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 324
- CUTLER BAY MIDDLE0.6 mi · 935
- CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 521
- BOYSTOWN1.2 mi · 44
- WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.2:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 77% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian.
Is CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.