DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER

DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 818 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 35% larger than typical.

DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.

Looking at the student body, DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 7% White, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

Around the school, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 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 DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER is one.

The closest other public school is WILLIAM H. LEHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 74.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 46%: 1,501 students in 2018 compared to 818 in 2025.

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