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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000419
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
701 E 33RD ST, HIALEAH, FL 33013 · (305) 691-5531 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
323 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
3%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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 49.2% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 484 | 66.7% | 48.3% |
| NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 478 | 67.4% | 46.5% |
| JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 508 | 64.4% | 59.8% |
| AMELIA EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 454 | 64.3% | 51.3% |
| NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 590 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
| JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY HIALEAH | 452 | 61.9% | 35.8% |
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 FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,411 of 2,136 | #197 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,371 of 2,149 ▲ 47 | #209 of 279 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,470 of 2,149 ▼ 140 | #203 of 279 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #1,477 of 2,267 | #155 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #956 of 2,077 | #98 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.3% | #2,090 of 2,108 | #251 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #596 of 2,188 | #72 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #530 of 1,374 | #102 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
484
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 939
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 67% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 66% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 69% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 93% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 84% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 90% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 57 | 15.0:1 | 88% (751) |
| 2000-01 | 948 | 50 | 19.0:1 | 81% (767) |
| 1990-91 | 939 | 44 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school based in HIALEAH, Florida. It had 484 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
A total of 527 schools make up MIAMI-DADE, with 335,685 students enrolled.
The share of students at FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 98%. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.6:1 is based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. In all, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Miami-Dade County report 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Florida public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 47.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $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%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.6 miles from FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (486) to 2024-25 (484). The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.3:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
The FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- 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 HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Other Flamingo Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Flamingo Elementary. FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDAVIE, FL · 642 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 478
- MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 458
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 501
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,711
- STELLAR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.5 mi · 312
- PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE1.5 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Is FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FLAMINGO 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.