MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER

MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER, a sizable elementary campus in HIALEAH, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, instructs 1,082 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER sits 79% larger than that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER reports that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 48.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 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), MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is one campus in the mix.

JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER has increased 14%, going from 945 students in 2018 to 1,082 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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