Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Located at 8390 NW 53RD ST, in DORAL, Florida, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a heavily attended elementary-level community that caters to 1,085 students (grades K through 5), operated by MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 80% bigger than typical.
Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 7% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
After controlling for student poverty, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows 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%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 72.8%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 39%: 783 students in 2018 compared to 1,085 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
