Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000394
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10755 SW 160TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33157 · (305) 238-2392 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
164 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
50%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
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL→MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 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 | 59.7% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 60.3% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
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JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 289 | 56.7% | 57.7% |
| FRANCIS S.TUCKER K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 344 | 59.3% | 45.4% |
| LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 255 | 58.0% | 55.4% |
| KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 294 | 64.6% | 54.4% |
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AT DAVIE PEMBROKE PINES | 223 | 51.1% | 62.9% |
| MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 264 | 64.8% | 61.7% |
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 JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #972 of 2,136 | #146 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #1,059 of 2,149 ▼ 130 | #169 of 279 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #848 of 2,149 ▲ 135 | #127 of 279 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #2,002 of 2,267 | #244 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #485 of 2,077 | #44 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #1,372 of 2,108 | #40 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #1,019 of 2,188 | #130 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #459 of 621 | #52 of 73 |
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
289
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 57% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 64% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 71% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 91% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 90% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 91% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 85% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 77% (470) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 33 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in Florida, with an address in MIAMI. It reports enrollment of 289 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
MIAMI-DADE serves 335,685 students across 527 schools.
More than half of the students at JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic (62%). The rest of enrollment is 35% Black. The diversity index for JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.4 students per teacher. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 57% of students at JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.7% and a predicted 52.7%.
Census data for Miami-Dade County show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, PINE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 274 in 2020-21 to 289 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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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
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- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
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Nearby schools
- PINE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 335
- RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 345
- BIOTECH@RICHMOND HEIGHTS 9-12 HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 297
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 3,399
- DOROTHY M. WALLACE COPE CENTER1.0 mi · 27
- FRANK CRAWFORD MARTIN K-8 CENTER1.2 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
Is JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 62% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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