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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003834
DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL
305 NW 3RD AVE, MIAMI, FL 33128 · (305) 579-2112 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
29 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 46.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-35.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 78% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL
DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 442 | 6.6% | 42.9% |
| CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 521 | 3.6% | 58.6% |
| WEST BROWARD ACADEMY MARGATE | 770 | 7.0% | 48.0% |
| CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD | 256 | 2.7% | 32.4% |
| CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT DAVIE DAVIE | 426 | 5.2% | 47.6% |
| SUMMIT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 388 | 3.4% | 62.0% |
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 DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,688 of 2,136 | #233 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,400 of 2,149 ▲ 168 | #215 of 279 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,700 of 2,149 ▲ 97 | #233 of 279 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #1,637 of 2,267 | #176 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,867 of 2,077 | #232 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #1,036 of 2,108 | #5 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #2,152 of 2,188 | #276 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #204 of 1,374 | #47 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 2024-25Enrollment
442
-140 (-24%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 582.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 442 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 90% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 20 | 24.2:1 | 84% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 1 | 582.0:1 | 87% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 76% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 92% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 87% (550) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL.
About DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL
MIAMI, Florida, is home to DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The school serves 442 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 27% smaller than that.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools; together they serve 335,685 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL, 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 44% Black and 6% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. By the diversity index, DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 57%.
Federal staffing data show 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL and a ratio of 19.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 7% of enrollment. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 41 points.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. It scores 42.9%; the prediction is 77.9%.
Among Miami-Dade County residents, median household income is about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, which together enroll about 335,817 students.
The closest other public school is LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 65.0% on proficiency, and DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL is below that at 42.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 582 in 2020-21 and 442 in 2024-25, a 24% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 582.0:1 to 19.2:1.
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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 MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 281
- NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.4 mi · 451
- SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-WOLFSON0.4 mi · 135
- MIAMI TECH AT MATER INNOVATION ACADEMY0.4 mi · 37
- MATER ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 573
- FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL?
DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 48% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL?
DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.