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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003693

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER

5950 NW 114TH AVE, DORAL, FL 33178 · (305) 592-7914 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
  • C-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

Enrollment
861
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
208 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K445%
Kindergarten536%
Grade 1465%
Grade 2567%
Grade 38310%
Grade 49411%
Grade 512515%
Grade 610512%
Grade 711914%
Grade 813616%

This year's kindergarten class (53) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (136).

Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
344%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
79392%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
172%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
152%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
42149%
Female
44051%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER→J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
56.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2556.2%66.0%
2023-2456.5%59.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER this school86124.2%60.4%
JOHN I. SMITH K-8 CENTER
DORAL
78522.5%59.1%
CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
69526.3%84.9%
ETHEL KOGER BECKHAM K-8 CENTER
MIAMI
82127.4%83.2%
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DORAL
1,08518.5%79.4%
DR. ROLANDO ESPINOSA K-8 CENTER
DORAL
58423.3%55.1%
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 EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
60.4%#846 of 2,136#128 of 278
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
66.0%#826 of 2,149
▲ 125
#139 of 279
▲ 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.2%#1,012 of 2,149
▼ 144
#146 of 279
▼ 24
Enrollment
ranked largest first
861#356 of 2,267#46 of 290
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.9:1#1,094 of 2,077#119 of 264
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
14.9%#1,995 of 2,108#168 of 267
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
24.2%#1,931 of 2,188#251 of 283
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-50.5%#19 of 1,374#5 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 2024-25
Enrollment
861
-528 (-38%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,561
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258615415.9:124% (208)
2023-249866116.2:130% (294)
2022-231,1386816.7:133% (371)
2020-211,3898716.0:149% (682)
2017-181,7389618.1:141% (715)
2015-161,70910216.8:140% (689)
2010-111,5619117.1:134% (534)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER.

About EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER runs as a medium-sized elementary school in DORAL, Florida. The school counts 861 students across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 43% bigger than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.

Besides EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER, MIAMI-DADE runs 526 other schools. The district enrolls 335,685 students.

Federal enrollment data show EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER is 92% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. The county population is about 69% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 54 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 24% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average is 48%.

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER is 8.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (60.4% versus 69.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.

Miami-Dade County has about 2,738,356 residents, and the median household income is $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.

J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH is located about 0.7 miles from EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER. The five-mile area around EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER holds at least 8 other public schools. EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Locale data from NCES put EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).

EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER's enrollment dropped from 1,389 in 2020-21 to 861 in 2024-25.

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Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
5950 NW 114TH AVE, DORAL, FL 33178
Phone
(305) 592-7914
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
861
Teachers (FTE)
54
Student–teacher ratio
15.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
208 (24%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
120039003693
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER
What is the total enrollment at EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER?
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 861 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER serve?
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER have?
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER in?
EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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