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If you could change one rule at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER, what would it be?
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Enrollment
912
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000414
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER
8375 SW 16TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33155 · (305) 264-4154 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL912 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
520 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 | 57 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (133).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER→MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 60.7% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER this school | 912 | 57.0% | 62.4% |
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY HIALEAH | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| 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 EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #755 of 2,136 | #116 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #870 of 2,149 ▲ 48 | #148 of 279 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #831 of 2,149 ▲ 100 | #125 of 279 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 912 | #287 of 2,267 | #38 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #410 of 2,077 | #34 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #2,082 of 2,108 | #243 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #1,013 of 2,188 | #129 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #875 of 1,374 | #144 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
912
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 912 | 64 | 14.3:1 | 57% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 986 | 64 | 15.4:1 | 61% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 953 | 65 | 14.7:1 | 64% (608) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 66 | 13.8:1 | 78% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 1,028 | 73 | 14.1:1 | 70% (724) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 72 | 14.6:1 | 77% (810) |
| 2010-11 | 1,195 | 85 | 14.1:1 | 66% (788) |
| 2000-01 | 1,239 | 69 | 18.0:1 | 44% (551) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 35 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER.
About EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER
MIAMI, Florida, is home to EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER, a large elementary school. The student body numbers 912 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 51% above that.
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER is a school in MIAMI-DADE. The district has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER enrolls a student body that is 98% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. The chance that two students picked at random at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
The school reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.3 students per teacher. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 9 points.
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.6% at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Miami-Dade County show that median household income is about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, with a combined enrollment of about 335,817.
The shortest distance from EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH. The five-mile area around EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER ranks 5th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 910 to 912.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH0.5 mi · 2,082
- FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 381
- WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 599
- SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 508
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 340
- CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About EVERGLADES K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER?
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 912 students in grades PK-08.
Is EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER is approximately 14.3:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER?
EVERGLADES 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.