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GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 238 GRAND AVE, in CORAL GABLES, Florida, GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school that enrolls 563 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of MIAMI-DADE.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Miami-Dade County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 17% of students at GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 72.9%; this one delivers 89.9%, a residual of +17.0 points.
In the broader community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.0%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Five-year trend. GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 42% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 563). Black enrollment moved from 23% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
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