HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 9702 NW 130TH ST, in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida, HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a substantial elementary school that instructs 995 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 65% above typical.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 2% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.7%; this one delivers 65.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOL (HIALEAH CAMPUS), roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 991 students in 2018 compared to 995 in 2025.

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