KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER

As a moderately sized elementary school in KEY BISCAYNE, Florida, KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER hosts 884 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER is among them.

Demographically, KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 16% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.0%, the actual is 69.4%, a residual of -8.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is MAST ACADEMY, roughly 3.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 1,246 (now 884). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 76% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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