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Enrollment
805
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002115
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14600 COUNTRY WALK DR, MIAMI, FL 33186 · (305) 234-4805 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL805 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
338 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
17%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
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 79.7% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 805 | 42.0% | 72.5% |
| MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-8 MIAMI BEACH | 851 | 40.9% | 46.4% |
| NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 996 | 41.5% | 76.8% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST MIAMI | 695 | 45.2% | 80.7% |
| DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 818 | 37.7% | 70.0% |
| CORAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 782 | 46.3% | 68.6% |
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 JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #368 of 2,136 | #58 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #319 of 2,149 ▼ 81 | #57 of 279 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #305 of 2,149 ▲ 189 | #52 of 279 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 805 | #455 of 2,267 | #59 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,359 of 2,077 | #151 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,977 of 2,108 | #157 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #1,531 of 2,188 | #207 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #497 of 1,374 | #99 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
805
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-56% since 2000-01, when it was 1,848
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 805 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 42% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 816 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 50% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 55% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 52 | 15.6:1 | 74% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 68% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 1,092 | 70 | 15.6:1 | 74% (811) |
| 2010-11 | 1,125 | 72 | 15.6:1 | 60% (673) |
| 2000-01 | 1,848 | 87 | 21.2:1 | 34% (623) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. The school's 805 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
The district, MIAMI-DADE, operates 527 schools serving 335,685 students.
Hispanic students make up 91% of enrollment at JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 5% White. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.8:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 42% in 2024-25.
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.5% and a predicted 60.1%.
Among Miami-Dade County residents, the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 1.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 72.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 810 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 805. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.6:1 in 2020-21, and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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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
- JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,019
- NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 996
- HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 999
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF VILLAGE GREEN2.1 mi · 856
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF VILLAGE GREEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 696
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SOUTH2.3 mi · 128
Frequently asked questions
About JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 805 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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