GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM

GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM is a close-knit elementary-level community in NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE. The school enrolls 476 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 604.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM records that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate 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%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM is one.

Nearest neighbor: JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 476). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 19% to 24%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.