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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000450
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER
10343 SW 124TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33176 · (305) 233-7430 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-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.
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
17.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
123 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
39%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
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER→MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
78.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
77.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 77.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 66.9% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER this school | 506 | 24.3% | 71.6% |
| SOMERSET GABLES ACADEMY CORAL GABLES | 556 | 22.1% | 85.7% |
| DAVID FAIRCHILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 473 | 18.6% | 77.4% |
| VINELAND K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 671 | 22.1% | 78.0% |
| HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA PALMETTO | 551 | 29.0% | 46.1% |
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO BAY | 696 | 28.3% | 78.8% |
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 LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #394 of 2,136 | #60 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #367 of 2,149 ▲ 289 | #67 of 279 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #181 of 2,149 ▲ 169 | #37 of 279 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #1,394 of 2,267 | #144 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,563 of 2,077 | #177 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #1,683 of 2,108 | #77 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #1,929 of 2,188 | #250 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #82 of 1,374 | #22 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
506
-166 (-25%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 24% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 29% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 28% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 34% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 813 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 30% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 30% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 20% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 10% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 43 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER.
About LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER is a public elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. The school enrolls 506 students, from pre-K through 8.
MIAMI-DADE, which runs LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER, has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
At 76%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER combined. After that, the student body is 16% White and 5% Black. By the diversity index, LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER comes in at 39%.
A ratio of 17.4:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 24% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
allk12 grades LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.6% and a predicted 69.0%.
In Miami-Dade County (population about 2,738,356), median household income is about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
The shortest distance from LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to GLORIA FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER ranks 4th on proficiency.
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 506, 25% below the 672 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.
Discussions about LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- GLORIA FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 344
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY SUNSET1.2 mi · 350
- BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 165
- MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 675
- WILLIAM H. LEHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 522
- FRANK CRAWFORD MARTIN K-8 CENTER1.5 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About LEEWOOD K-8 CENTERHow many students attend LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER?
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER serve?
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER have?
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER?
At LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER, the student body is approximately 16% White, 76% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER public or private?
LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.