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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
700
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000432
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
550 E 8TH ST, HIALEAH, FL 33010 · (305) 888-6709 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
432 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
6%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
45.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 38.7% |
% 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
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 700 | 61.7% | 40.4% |
| MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 786 | 60.9% | 55.2% |
| MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 620 | 63.2% | 53.0% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 590 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
| HENRY M. FLAGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 792 | 66.0% | 45.3% |
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 HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,786 of 2,136 | #246 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,669 of 2,149 ▲ 194 | #245 of 279 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,515 of 2,149 ▲ 24 | #207 of 279 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #696 of 2,267 | #74 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #635 of 2,077 | #59 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #2,063 of 2,108 | #224 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #839 of 2,188 | #111 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #317 of 621 | #34 of 73 |
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
700
+107 (+18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,101
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 700 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 62% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 71% (489) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 75% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 90% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 88% (552) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 93% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 50 | 15.8:1 | 91% (721) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 59 | 18.6:1 | 88% (961) |
| 1990-91 | 1,101 | 53 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by MIAMI-DADE in HIALEAH, Florida. A federal count lists 700 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE is the district for HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
The large majority of students at HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 97%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 69% share among Miami-Dade County residents. HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.9 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.4%) and its predicted rate (50.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Miami-Dade County, median household income is about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Miami-Dade County number 561 and enroll about 335,817.
EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF HIALEAH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 53.3% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 593 students in 2020-21 and 700 in 2024-25, an 18% rise.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF HIALEAH0.3 mi · 287
- SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 899
- MIAMI SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 666
- MIAMI SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 381
- INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND ASIAN CULTURE (ISAAC) ACADEMY1.1 mi · 268
- ACADEMY FOR INNOVATIVE EDUCATION1.2 mi · 1,063
Frequently asked questions
About HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 700 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.