FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in FLORIDA CITY, Florida, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 535 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 47% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 30%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 535 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 56% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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