JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY

JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in HIALEAH, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 452 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY sits 25% below that benchmark.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder comes out to 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.1%; actual is 35.8%, a gap of -14.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY has fell 25%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 452 in 2025.

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