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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000441
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8000 SW 142ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33183 · (305) 385-2575 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
337 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
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
72.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 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
693
-101 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.4:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
95%
was 94%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized K-5 school in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, educates 693 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 3% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.8%; actual is 71.4%, +14.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.8%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 13%, going from 794 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)0.7 mi · 733
- OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 617
- CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 417
- WINSTON PARK K-8 CENTER1.2 mi · 1,067
- DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 403
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 693 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.