Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000437
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7750 SW 136TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33156 · (305) 235-1412 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
113 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
52%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
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 56.1% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 341 | 33.1% | 63.8% |
| MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CHARTER SCHOOL MIAMI | 314 | 31.8% | 80.8% |
| PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 330 | 27.6% | 64.0% |
| PINECREST PREPARATORY CHARTER ORLANDO | 296 | 39.2% | 81.1% |
| MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI BEACH | 462 | 34.0% | 68.3% |
| HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA PALMETTO | 551 | 29.0% | 46.1% |
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 HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #696 of 2,136 | #105 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #702 of 2,149 ▲ 408 | #120 of 279 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #490 of 2,149 ▲ 50 | #83 of 279 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #1,910 of 2,267 | #222 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,201 of 2,077 | #132 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,257 of 2,108 | #20 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #1,746 of 2,188 | #237 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.4% | #58 of 1,374 | #18 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
341
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 341 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 36% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 42% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 42% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 24% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, administered by MIAMI-DADE. A federal count lists 341 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 44% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE totals 335,685 students.
Roughly 65% of students at HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% White and 14% Black. HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.2:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 33% of enrollment. That is lower than the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
allk12 grades HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.8% actual, 64.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Within Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 560 other public schools.
PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 77.6%, higher than HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 63.8%.
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment declined 11%, to 341. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.8 to 16.2 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
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Nearby schools
- PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 715
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 654
- CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 696
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST1.1 mi · 278
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,618
- VINELAND K-8 CENTER1.4 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 18% White, 65% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOWARD DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.