IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER

IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 726 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER sits 20% above that benchmark.

IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that educates 335,685 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 13% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 47.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: LEISURE CITY K-8 CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 894 students in 2018 compared to 726 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 76% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.