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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
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
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
6
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 | 80 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
36%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.
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 443 | 67.7% | 49.5% |
| WESTWOOD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 451 | 67.6% | 54.9% |
| FRANCES K. SWEET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 439 | 68.6% | 49.4% |
| NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 430 | 65.8% | 53.9% |
| SANDERS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 413 | 68.5% | 55.5% |
| BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 OPA LOCKA | 424 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
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 GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,355 of 2,136 | #191 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #1,037 of 2,149 ▲ 635 | #166 of 279 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,164 of 2,149 ▲ 641 | #165 of 279 ▲ 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #1,634 of 2,267 | #174 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #422 of 2,077 | #37 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #1,743 of 2,108 | #86 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #556 of 2,188 | #65 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #561 of 1,374 | #106 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
443
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,183
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 443 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 68% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 72% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 72% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 35 | 11.7:1 | 92% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 85% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 94% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 96% (707) |
| 2000-01 | 1,314 | 69 | 19.0:1 | 90% (1,181) |
| 1990-91 | 1,183 | 57 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in MIAMI, Florida, is GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 443 students. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 27% lower.
GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
At 77%, Black students outnumber all other groups at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 300 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 68%. Among public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 47.2%. GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 49.5%, 2.3 points above that line.
Miami-Dade County census figures show that median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
HUBERT O. SIBLEY K-8 ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 443 was 8% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 411. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.