HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
School pathway
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 27.6% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 45.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
Where HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,760 of 2,136 | #244 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,373 of 2,149 | #210 of 279 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #2,092 of 2,149 | #273 of 279 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #1,782 of 2,267 | #195 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #1,927 of 2,077 | #241 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #1,856 of 2,108 | #111 of 267 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #403 of 1,374 | #84 of 185 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 395 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 79% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 78% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 80% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 95% (485) |
About HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in MIAMI, Florida, as a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 395 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE is the local district for HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 527 schools with 335,685 students.
Black students are the large majority at HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 82% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic. In Miami-Dade County overall, about 15% of residents are Black. HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.8:1, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. It compares with 48% for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (41.1% versus 41.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Federal survey data for Miami-Dade County show that median household income is about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
The nearest other public school, MIAMI NORTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 395, 22% below the 509 of 2017-18. In 2017-18, 9% of students were Hispanic; in 2024-25, 17% were. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.8:1, from 16.4:1.
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