Enrollment
187
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000405
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY
314 NW 12TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33136 · (305) 371-4687 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
132 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
51%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.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
61.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 67.7% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY this school | 187 | 70.6% | 57.1% |
| LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 207 | 70.5% | 39.9% |
| PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 145 | 70.3% | 42.0% |
| ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 283 | 68.6% | 42.8% |
| DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 232 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
| AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 296 | 67.9% | 41.1% |
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 FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,000 of 2,136 | #151 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #1,026 of 2,149 ▼ 397 | #162 of 279 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,142 of 2,149 ▲ 97 | #158 of 279 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 187 | #2,122 of 2,267 | #269 of 290 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #435 of 2,188 | #47 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #162 of 1,374 | #39 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
187
-36 (-16%) vs 2020
-86% since 1990-91, when it was 1,313
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 187 | 12 | 15.6:1 | 71% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 70% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 13 | 17.0:1 | 76% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 15 | 14.9:1 | 95% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 13 | 21.0:1 | 92% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 198 | 12 | 16.5:1 | 98% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 97% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 98% (785) |
| 1990-91 | 1,313 | 88 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY.
About FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY, located in MIAMI, Florida, is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 187 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students in 527 schools, including FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY.
At FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY, Black students make up 52% of the student body. After that, the student body is 46% Hispanic. Census figures show Miami-Dade County is about 15% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 12 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.6:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. That is 23 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
allk12 grades FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 45.8% for a school in Florida with FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY posts 57.1%.
In Miami-Dade County (population about 2,738,356), the median household income is $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY is one of 561 public schools in the county.
Nearby, THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 36 fewer students in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
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- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 168
- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH0.3 mi · 944
- CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER N0.4 mi · 37
- DOWNTOWN MIAMI CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 442
- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 281
- PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY?
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 187 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY serve?
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY?
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 2% White, 46% Hispanic, 52% Black.
Is FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY public or private?
FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY 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.