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If you could change one rule at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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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
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
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
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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
2%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 53.7% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 493 | 51.1% | 51.4% |
| CORAL TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 462 | 50.0% | 51.5% |
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 514 | 53.7% | 70.2% |
| PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 574 | 50.5% | 51.5% |
| WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 490 | 55.1% | 68.0% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH MIAMI | 453 | 47.9% | 60.4% |
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 FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,264 of 2,136 | #183 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #1,034 of 2,149 ▲ 175 | #165 of 279 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,120 of 2,149 ▲ 290 | #156 of 279 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #1,449 of 2,267 | #151 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,239 of 2,077 | #135 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.4% | #2,100 of 2,108 | #261 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #1,260 of 2,188 | #171 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #603 of 1,374 | #112 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
493
-82 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 51% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 59% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 63% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 89% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 86% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 90% (582) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 85% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 77% (580) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 41 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in MIAMI, Florida, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. The student body numbers 493 students, from pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students, and FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The student body at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 99% Hispanic. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 2%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1 at FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 16.4:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 51% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 51.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.6%.
Federal survey data for Miami-Dade County show that the median household income is $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Miami-Dade County is home to 561 public schools and about 335,817 public school students.
The closest other public school is SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 493 students in 2024-25, 82 fewer than the 575 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.4:1) than in 2020-21 (14.7:1).
The FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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
Other Fairlawn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fairlawn Elementary. FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT PIERCE, FL · 653 students
- Fairlawn ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 716 students
- Fairlawn Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 450 students
- Fairlawn Elementary SchoolSidney, OH · 268 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.