KENWOOD K-8 CENTER

KENWOOD K-8 CENTER operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 759 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. KENWOOD K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KENWOOD K-8 CENTER reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at KENWOOD K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KENWOOD K-8 CENTER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which KENWOOD K-8 CENTER is one.

The closest other public school is SOMERSET ACADEMY CONTINENTAL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KENWOOD K-8 CENTER. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENWOOD K-8 CENTER at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 78.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 1,057 students in 2018 compared to 759 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 85% to 90%.

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