FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY

Located at 314 NW 12TH ST, in MIAMI, Florida, FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY is a tiny elementary-level community that enrolls 187 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that caters to 335,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY logs that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 46% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 57.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $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. FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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