Total enrollment
335,461
+2,376 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
561 schools in MIAMI-DADE
Florida · 335,685 students · 30 cities
MIAMI-DADE's footprint covers 561 public K-12 schools with combined enrollment of about 335,685 (an average of 598 per school).
4-year change in MIAMI-DADE
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
520
+26 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How MIAMI-DADE ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Florida | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #13 of 63 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335,685 | #1 of 70 | #2 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 527 | #1 of 70 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #55 of 70 | #8,175 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 48.3% | #35 of 70 | #4,406 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #63 of 68 | #4,082 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside MIAMI-DADE
State test results across the district's 454 scored schools run from DORAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY at 99.8% proficient to POINCIANA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 23.7%, a gap of 76.2 points. That is the 2nd widest gap among 62 Florida districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About MIAMI-DADE
MIAMI-DADE is a sprawling Florida school district running 561 schools with combined enrollment near 335,685.
For a sense of the school types, MIAMI-DADE is made up of 301 elementary, 77 middle, 138 high schools, and 45 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in MIAMI-DADE is about 598, lower than the Florida average of roughly 705.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 333,085 students in SY 2020-21 versus 335,461 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, MIAMI-DADE added 26 schools, going from 494 to 520.
In the discussion threads here, the community for MIAMI-DADE discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.