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What's the one class at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000416
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
444 SW 60TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33144 · (305) 261-8880 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
252 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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
53.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.8pp 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 61 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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
493
-103 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.7:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
99%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a close-knit elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 493 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 493).
On the community side, the feed for FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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 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
- SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 551
- HENRY M. FLAGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 792
- CORAL TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 462
- FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 381
- NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1.7 mi · 8
- KINLOCH PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Is FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.