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What's something DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039006617
DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5125 SW 162ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33185 · (305) 229-4800 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
185 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
73.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 have held steady.
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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
-224 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.0:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
94%
was 93%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. The school caters to 530 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Asian. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +11.7 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 69.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 754 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- LAMAR LOUISE CURRY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 718
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGH0.4 mi · 4,291
- BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY1.1 mi · 841
- JANE S. ROBERTS K-8 CENTER1.3 mi · 630
- PINECREST PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 529
- PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DR. MANUEL C. BARREIRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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