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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
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
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
6
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 | 49 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (142).
Student demographics
3%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 49.4% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER this school | 1,082 | 55.2% | 48.8% |
| PINECREST COVE ACADEMY MIAMI | 938 | 55.7% | 80.4% |
| KENSINGTON PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 969 | 52.8% | 40.0% |
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY HIALEAH | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH GARDENS | 1,128 | 51.4% | 61.4% |
| EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 912 | 57.0% | 62.4% |
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 MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,396 of 2,136 | #195 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,401 of 2,149 ▲ 8 | #216 of 279 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,580 of 2,149 ▲ 35 | #218 of 279 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,082 | #143 of 2,267 | #23 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,631 of 2,077 | #192 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.9% | #2,094 of 2,108 | #255 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #1,078 of 2,188 | #140 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #263 of 621 | #28 of 73 |
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
1,082
+239 (+28%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,090
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 1,082 | 61 | 17.7:1 | 55% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 1,075 | 59 | 18.2:1 | 60% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 983 | 56 | 17.6:1 | 69% (676) |
| 2020-21 | 843 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 88% (745) |
| 2017-18 | 945 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 85% (804) |
| 2015-16 | 917 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 89% (820) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 75 | 15.4:1 | 90% (1,036) |
| 2000-01 | 1,842 | 98 | 18.8:1 | 84% (1,541) |
| 1990-91 | 1,090 | 56 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER.
About MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is a large elementary school for students in HIALEAH, Florida. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 1,082 students. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 79% higher.
The 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE enroll 335,685 students altogether, MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER among them.
About 99% of the student body at MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER's diversity index is 3%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.7:1. That is close to 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 55%.
allk12 grades MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is 4.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (48.8% versus 53.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
According to the American Community Survey, in Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, enrolling about 335,817 students in all.
The next-closest public school is JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 48.8% versus a 64.1% average.
Locale data from NCES put MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show a 28% enrollment gain, from 843 in 2020-21 to 1,082 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.1:1 to 17.7:1.
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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
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 HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,611
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,219
- MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY0.9 mi · 315
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.