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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039004335
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY
851 SW 117TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33184 · (305) 552-7122 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
282 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
11%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY→ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
80.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 80.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 69.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY this school | 540 | 52.2% | 66.4% |
| E.W.F. STIRRUP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 611 | 50.7% | 64.8% |
| PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 574 | 50.5% | 51.5% |
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 514 | 53.7% | 70.2% |
| REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 569 | 50.6% | 52.3% |
| CHARLES R HADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 595 | 48.6% | 55.5% |
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 DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #588 of 2,136 | #87 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #265 of 2,149 ▲ 284 | #50 of 279 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #713 of 2,149 ▲ 184 | #106 of 279 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,266 of 2,267 | #128 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #682 of 2,077 | #68 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #2,018 of 2,108 | #184 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #1,207 of 2,188 | #163 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #495 of 621 | #57 of 73 |
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
540
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 52% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 57% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 64% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 81% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 76% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 86% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 81% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 79% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY.
About DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school found in MIAMI, Florida. It enrolls 540 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is part of MIAMI-DADE, where 527 schools serve 335,685 students.
The share of Hispanic students at DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is 94%. The remaining shares are 3% Asian. Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY scores 11%.
Its ratio of 15.0:1 is based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%.
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is 11.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.4% actual, 55.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Looking at the county, Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY.
About 0.4 miles separate DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 66.4% versus a 65.9% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 543 students in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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
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- 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
- ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS0.4 mi · 136
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM0.7 mi · 554
- PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 483
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 463
- WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 490
- PINECREST ACADEMY (NORTH CAMPUS)1.4 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY?
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
Is DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY have?
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY?
At DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY in?
DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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