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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000428
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11905 N MIAMI AVE, MIAMI, FL 33168 · (305) 681-6685 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
300 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.4pp 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 61 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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
443
-100 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.6:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
20%
was 22%
% Black
77%
was 74%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in MIAMI, Florida, GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. It educates 443 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.
Looking at the student body, GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of +2.3 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is HUBERT O. SIBLEY K-8 ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 18%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- HUBERT O. SIBLEY K-8 ACADEMY0.5 mi · 812
- DOCTORS CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI SHORES0.7 mi · 567
- NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,748
- MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 610
- NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 724
- ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRATIGNY 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.