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Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000433
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18701 NW 1ST AVE, MIAMI, FL 33169 · (305) 652-3018 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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
15.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
216 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
32%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 47.8% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 339 | 63.7% | 50.3% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 351 | 66.4% | 45.7% |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 288 | 64.9% | 40.3% |
| NATURAL BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 349 | 59.9% | 55.3% |
| BEACON COLLEGE PREP K-8 OPA LOCKA | 424 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
| NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 430 | 65.8% | 53.9% |
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 HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,320 of 2,136 | #187 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #1,176 of 2,149 ▲ 322 | #190 of 279 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,342 of 2,149 ▼ 234 | #184 of 279 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,916 of 2,267 | #224 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #872 of 2,077 | #89 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #1,810 of 2,108 | #102 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #751 of 2,188 | #100 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.3% | #92 of 1,374 | #24 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
339
-98 (-22%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 64% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 69% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 74% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 91% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 80% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 90% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 85% (538) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 81% (523) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 36 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, reachable at (305) 652-3018. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 339 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 44% lower.
Federal data list 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE, with 335,685 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, at 81%. The school is also 16% Hispanic and 2% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 15%. The diversity index for HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 22 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.4:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 64%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 49.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 22% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.1 to 15.4 over 4 years.
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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
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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
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- 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
- NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 536
- MIAMI NORLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,653
- NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 656
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 178
- SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 472
- GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM1.4 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
Is HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 16% Hispanic, 81% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.