FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an intimate primary school in HIALEAH, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 484 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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