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.

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