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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008620
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY
8905 NW 114TH AVE, DORAL, FL 33178 · (305) 863-5750 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
150 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
66.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
67.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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
580
+317 (+121%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.8:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
95%
was 94%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a medium-sized elementary-level community in DORAL, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE. The school enrolls 580 students in grades pre-K through 8.
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that instructs 335,685 students overall.
In terms of who attends, DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 3% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 64.0%, a residual of -4.2 points.
Around the school, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 58.3%.
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 121%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on 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. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER0.3 mi · 584
- RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,288
- ANDREA CASTILLO PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.4 mi · 412
- DORAL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE1.7 mi · 570
- EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER1.8 mi · 861
- J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH2.4 mi · 1,133
Frequently asked questions
About DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 12.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY public or private?
DR. TONI BILBAO PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.