Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000455
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5160 NW 31ST AVE, MIAMI, FL 33142 · (305) 633-1424 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
20.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
146 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 | 16 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
48%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
40.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 38.1% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 207 | 70.5% | 39.9% |
| FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 187 | 70.6% | 57.1% |
| DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 232 | 65.1% | 41.4% |
| PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 145 | 70.3% | 42.0% |
| COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DANIA BEACH | 252 | 69.8% | 43.8% |
| ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 283 | 68.6% | 42.8% |
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 LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #1,812 of 2,136 | #253 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,653 of 2,149 ▲ 229 | #242 of 279 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,777 of 2,149 ▲ 81 | #244 of 279 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #2,100 of 2,267 | #266 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,977 of 2,077 | #249 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #1,453 of 2,108 | #49 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #438 of 2,188 | #48 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #51 of 1,374 | #17 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
207
-27 (-12%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 207 | 10 | 20.7:1 | 71% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 13 | 16.3:1 | 68% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 12 | 21.8:1 | 78% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 95% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 94% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 98% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 96% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 93% (446) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 33 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a very small elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. The school enrolls 207 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 66% below average.
Federal data list 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE, with 335,685 students enrolled.
The student body at LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62% Black. After that, the student body is 37% Hispanic. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
A staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 20.7:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 3.2 students per teacher. By family income, 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Florida public elementary schools.
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 39.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.8%.
The school's county is Miami-Dade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.0% on proficiency, and LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 39.9%.
NCES assigns LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 27 students, from 234 to 207. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 20.7:1, from 11.1:1.
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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 LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-05.
Is LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 20.7:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 37% Hispanic, 62% Black.
Is LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LORAH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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