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How has DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002734
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15851 SW 112TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33196 · (305) 382-0792 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B+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
13.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
257 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 | 70 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
20%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
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
61.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 61.7% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 71.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 586 | 43.9% | 66.8% |
| MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM MIAMI | 554 | 45.1% | 72.9% |
| JANE S. ROBERTS K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 630 | 37.9% | 70.8% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST MIAMI | 695 | 45.2% | 80.7% |
| JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 42.0% | 72.5% |
| CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 782 | 46.3% | 68.6% |
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. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #569 of 2,136 | #83 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #354 of 2,149 ▲ 147 | #66 of 279 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #757 of 2,149 ▼ 91 | #117 of 279 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #1,075 of 2,267 | #105 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #190 of 2,077 | #21 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #1,957 of 2,108 | #147 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #1,476 of 2,188 | #205 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #461 of 1,374 | #93 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
586
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 586 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 44% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 52% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 50% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 47 | 13.1:1 | 68% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 64% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 71% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 56 | 14.1:1 | 62% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 1,334 | 65 | 20.5:1 | 37% (487) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. It reported 586 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students in 527 schools, including DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Hispanic students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% White, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Its ratio of 13.3:1 is based on 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public elementary schools, DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 59.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.8%.
In Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County, 561 public schools serve about 335,817 students.
CHRISTINA M. EVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.8% against a local average of 64.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 28 students, from 614 to 586.
This page is set up for the DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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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- 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
- CHRISTINA M. EVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 482
- HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 486
- FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,935
- KENDALL SQUARE K-8 CENTER1.3 mi · 638
- OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 617
- CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-05.
Is DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY 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.