Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000456
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6639 SW 74TH ST, SOUTH MIAMI, FL 33143 · (305) 667-5551 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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
14.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
131 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 | 26 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
44%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.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 68.3% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 260 | 50.4% | 63.8% |
| GLORIA FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 344 | 47.7% | 62.3% |
| KINGS TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 326 | 46.9% | 31.2% |
| HERBERT CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 283 | 53.0% | 51.1% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY COLLIER NAPLES | 261 | 53.3% | 33.4% |
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AT DAVIE PEMBROKE PINES | 223 | 51.1% | 62.9% |
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 LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #698 of 2,136 | #107 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #607 of 2,149 ▼ 8 | #102 of 279 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #939 of 2,149 ▼ 83 | #139 of 279 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #2,047 of 2,267 | #256 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #478 of 2,077 | #43 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #1,571 of 2,108 | #64 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #1,287 of 2,188 | #179 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #268 of 1,374 | #64 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
260
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 50% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 53% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | 57% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 69% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 63% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 65% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 51% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 52% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in SOUTH MIAMI, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 260 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE includes 527 schools. Together they enroll 335,685 students.
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 6% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 69% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 14.4:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 50%. That tracks the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8% is 7.8 points above the 55.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County is home to 561 public schools and about 335,817 public school students.
The closest public school to LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS), about 0.8 miles away. LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 258 in 2020-21 and 260 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 73% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.