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What's the one class at MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000532
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
650 W 33RD ST, HIALEAH, FL 33012 · (305) 822-4600 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
392 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
49.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 12 points.
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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
620
+64 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.4:1
% White
0%
was 2%
% Hispanic
99%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in HIALEAH, Florida, MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. It enrolls 620 students across grades pre-K through 5.
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that works with 335,685 students overall.
Demographically, MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 53.0%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- HENRY H. FILER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 732
- JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 452
- IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 783
- IMATER PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 994
- MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 786
- IMATER ACADEMY0.8 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 620 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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