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What's one thing GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007290
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
23555 SW 112TH AVE, HOMESTEAD, FL 33032 · (305) 257-4400 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
352 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
31.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
+25 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
48%
was 30%
% Black
49%
was 63%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 23555 SW 112TH AVE, in HOMESTEAD, Florida, GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy K-5 school that works with 497 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by MIAMI-DADE.
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 48% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -13.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 472 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 30% to 48%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS0.4 mi · 1,890
- PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 229
- PALM GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 219
- SUMMERVILLE ADVANTAGE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 420
- PINE VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 219
- ARTHUR AND POLLY MAYS CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS1.3 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 48% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.