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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003049
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
21545 SW 87TH AVE, CUTLER BAY, FL 33189 · (305) 234-4840 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
390 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 | 109 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
38%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. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CUTLER BAY MIDDLE
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
57.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 58.9% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 731 | 53.4% | 58.9% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 693 | 55.7% | 41.5% |
| SADLER ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 705 | 57.0% | 37.1% |
| KISSIMMEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 740 | 51.6% | 33.6% |
| STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 572 | 53.1% | 63.0% |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 728 | 55.8% | 41.2% |
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. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #925 of 2,136 | #139 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #1,088 of 2,149 ▼ 108 | #174 of 279 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #956 of 2,149 ▼ 4 | #141 of 279 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #616 of 2,267 | #72 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #655 of 2,077 | #63 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #1,712 of 2,108 | #81 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #1,158 of 2,188 | #151 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #1,225 of 1,374 | #175 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
731
+66 (+10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 896
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
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 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 53% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 58% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 65% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 78% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 77% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 873 | 53 | 16.5:1 | 81% (704) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 75% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 46 | 19.5:1 | 73% (658) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 21545 SW 87TH AVE in CUTLER BAY, Florida, DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 731 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 527 schools that make up MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students in total).
At 77%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The remaining students are 16% Black and 5% White. By the diversity index, DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 38%.
At DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 49 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 4.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (58.9% actual, 54.4% predicted).
Census estimates describe Miami-Dade County this way: median household income is about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Miami-Dade County number 561 and enroll about 335,817.
The closest public school, MATER ACADEMY BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 731, 10% above the 665 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- CUTLER BAY MIDDLEMiddle · 935 students
- MATER ACADEMY BAY ELEMENTARYElementary · 917 students
- CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 590 students
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
- CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 521 students
- MATER ACADEMY BAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
Nearby schools
- MATER ACADEMY BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 518
- MATER ACADEMY BAY ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 917
- MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 390
- CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 590
- GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 544
- CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 77% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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