DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY

DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is one of the average-sized elementary schools in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, with 540 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY logs that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 66.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.9%.

DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025.

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