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Alumni: what's one memory from JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002499
JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1901 SW 134TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33175 · (305) 223-9823 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
215 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
2
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
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
69.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.4pp 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 73 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
410
-64 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.8:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
98%
was 95%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a close-knit primary school in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, hosts 410 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
On the resource side, On paper, JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.7%.
Across the wider county, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.4%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Looking at the recent track record. JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 410).
On the community side, members of the JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
- ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 459
- W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 507
- GREENGLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 293
- WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 490
- VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 264
- ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST1.5 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-05.
Is JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOE HALL 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.