Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000447
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5101 NW 183RD ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33055 · (305) 625-6536 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
148 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 | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
51%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
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
48.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 61.9% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
Schools most like LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 255 | 58.0% | 55.4% |
| JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 289 | 56.7% | 57.7% |
| FRANCIS S.TUCKER K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 344 | 59.3% | 45.4% |
| MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 264 | 64.8% | 61.7% |
| KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 294 | 64.6% | 54.4% |
| DR. HENRY W. MACK/WEST LITTLE RIVER K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 383 | 64.0% | 47.2% |
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 LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,074 of 2,136 | #156 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #693 of 2,149 ▲ 178 | #119 of 279 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,389 of 2,149 ▲ 57 | #194 of 279 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #2,054 of 2,267 | #257 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,093 of 2,077 | #118 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #1,336 of 2,108 | #35 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #982 of 2,188 | #127 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,056 of 1,374 | #162 of 185 |
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
255
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 58% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 14 | 17.7:1 | 65% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 15 | 16.7:1 | 73% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 16 | 16.7:1 | 92% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 85% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 96% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 91% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 86% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, attend LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school reports 255 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 58% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students, and its 527 schools include LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 54% of the student body. The school is also 45% Black. That is lower than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 58% of students, or 148, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.4% is 3.3 points above the 52.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
The nearest other public school, LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 267 in 2020-21 to 255 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 54% Hispanic, 45% Black.
Is LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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