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What do students at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007520
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER
11250 NW 86TH ST, DORAL, FL 33178 · (305) 889-5757 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
136 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
2
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
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What's something DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER does better than most schools?
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Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.8pp since 2023
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
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
584
-788 (-57%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 19.6:1
% White
5%
was 4%
% Hispanic
93%
was 92%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER
As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in DORAL, Florida, DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER serves 584 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER is among them.
On the student-mix side, DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest looks like 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
After controlling for student poverty, DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 69.5%; DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER posts 55.1%, -14.4 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER is one campus in the mix.
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.4%.
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER operates from a high-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER's enrollment has decreased 57% since 2018, when it stood at 1,372 (now 584). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 DORAL
- DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,073 students
- DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,500 students
- DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,351 students
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF MIAMI DADECombined · 1,316 students
- RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,288 students
- J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,133 students
Nearby schools
- DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 580
- RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,288
- ANDREA CASTILLO PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.2 mi · 412
- DORAL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.4 mi · 570
- EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER1.6 mi · 861
- J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH2.2 mi · 1,133
Frequently asked questions
About DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER?
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 584 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER serve?
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER is approximately 16.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER?
At DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER?
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER 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.