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Enrollment
947
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002807
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY
7330 W 32ND AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33018 · (305) 825-2122 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL947 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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
19.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
546 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (114).
Student demographics
4%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 67.3% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY this school | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 912 | 57.0% | 62.4% |
| PINECREST COVE ACADEMY MIAMI | 938 | 55.7% | 80.4% |
| BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY MIAMI | 841 | 56.7% | 59.1% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER HIALEAH | 1,082 | 55.2% | 48.8% |
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 ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #891 of 2,136 | #136 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #711 of 2,149 ▼ 68 | #121 of 279 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,092 of 2,149 ▼ 136 | #154 of 279 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 947 | #244 of 2,267 | #34 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,923 of 2,077 | #240 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #2,083 of 2,108 | #244 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #996 of 2,188 | #128 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #219 of 1,374 | #52 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
947
-145 (-13%) vs 2020
-62% since 2000-01, when it was 2,502
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 947 | 48 | 19.7:1 | 58% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 61% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 53 | 17.3:1 | 67% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 1,092 | 61 | 17.9:1 | 84% (917) |
| 2017-18 | 1,333 | 79 | 16.9:1 | 79% (1,055) |
| 2015-16 | 1,418 | 87 | 16.3:1 | 86% (1,218) |
| 2010-11 | 1,263 | 84 | 15.0:1 | 82% (1,038) |
| 2000-01 | 2,502 | 118 | 21.2:1 | 77% (1,916) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY.
About ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY
This page covers ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY, a large elementary school in HIALEAH, Florida. The school counted 947 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 57% above the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE serves 335,685 students across 527 schools.
Of every 100 students at ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY, about 98 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Miami-Dade County is roughly 69% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1, with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The school has 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY is 7.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that median household income comes to about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,092 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 947 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.9 to 19.7 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. 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
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Nearby schools
- WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,128
- HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 995
- HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,551
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 3,009
- LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOL (HIALEAH CAMPUS)0.8 mi · 171
- CITY OF HIALEAH EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY0.8 mi · 1,002
Frequently asked questions
About ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMYHow large is ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY?
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY enrolls approximately 947 students in grades PK-08.
Is ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY is approximately 19.7:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY?
At ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 0% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY in?
ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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