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How has FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000421
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
364 NW 6TH AVE, FLORIDA CITY, FL 33034 · (305) 247-4676 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
402 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
52%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
30.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
28.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 34.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 535 | 75.1% | 29.6% |
| DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 515 | 73.6% | 41.9% |
| GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 497 | 70.8% | 32.5% |
| MANDARIN LAKES K-8 ACADEMY HOMESTEAD | 643 | 72.0% | 40.0% |
| LAMB ELEMENTARY TAMPA | 513 | 72.9% | 44.4% |
| NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 728 | 73.5% | 62.0% |
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 FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #2,082 of 2,136 | #275 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #2,116 of 2,149 ▼ 125 | #277 of 279 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #2,065 of 2,149 ▼ 140 | #269 of 279 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #1,279 of 2,267 | #130 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,499 of 2,077 | #168 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #1,282 of 2,108 | #26 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #273 of 2,188 | #33 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #188 of 1,374 | #42 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
535
-101 (-16%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 75% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 34 | 17.6:1 | 81% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 82% (498) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 96% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 91% (697) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 97% (778) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 97% (752) |
| 2000-01 | 939 | 56 | 16.8:1 | 97% (907) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 66 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of FLORIDA CITY, Florida. Enrollment is 535 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
The district for FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is MIAMI-DADE, with 527 schools and 335,685 students.
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 47% Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 31 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.3:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 75%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an F. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 13.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.6%. Predicted: 43.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, enrolling about 335,817 students in all.
Nearby, MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 16% enrollment decrease, from 636 in 2020-21 to 535 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.1:1 to 17.3:1.
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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 FLORIDA CITY
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 545 students
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 323 students
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 265 students
- LINCOLN-MARTI SCHOOLS (INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS)Elementary · 210 students
- CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS (FLORIDA CITY CAMPUS)High · 48 students
Nearby schools
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 545
- LAURA C. SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 498
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 323
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 265
- WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 864
- LINCOLN-MARTI SCHOOLS (INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS)1.1 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 47% Hispanic, 51% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FLORIDA CITY 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.