HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 339 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of MIAMI-DADE. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 339). Black enrollment moved from 90% to 81% across the same window.

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