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If you could change one rule at JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY, what would it be?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000381
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY
2530 W 10TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33010 · (305) 885-1683 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
280 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY→HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL→HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH 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
29.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
452
-151 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.8:1
% White
0%
was 2%
% Hispanic
95%
was 92%
% Black
5%
was 5%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 112
- IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 783
- IMATER PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 994
- IMATER ACADEMY0.6 mi · 590
- HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 732
- MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY?
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY serve?
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY have?
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 5% Black.
What district is JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY in?
JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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