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What's the biggest difference between MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,082
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000467
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER
6020 W 16TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33012 · (305) 822-0301 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,082 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
597 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
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER→HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGH
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
44.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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
1,082
+137 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.8:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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
- JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 508
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 698
- PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 574
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,219
- MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY0.9 mi · 315
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,611
Frequently asked questions
About MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTERHow many students attend MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER?
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 1,082 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER serve?
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER.
What is the student diversity at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER?
Student demographics at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER are roughly 0% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER in?
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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