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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002733
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM
11901 SW 2ND ST, MIAMI, FL 33184 · (305) 226-4356 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
250 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
6%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
68.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
84.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 84.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 73.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM this school | 554 | 45.1% | 72.9% |
| CHARLES R HADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 595 | 48.6% | 55.5% |
| ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 459 | 45.1% | 63.6% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST MIAMI | 695 | 45.2% | 80.7% |
| PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 574 | 50.5% | 51.5% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH MIAMI | 453 | 47.9% | 60.4% |
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 MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #355 of 2,136 | #56 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #167 of 2,149 ▲ 241 | #36 of 279 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #479 of 2,149 ▲ 88 | #81 of 279 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,204 of 2,267 | #118 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #523 of 2,077 | #48 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #2,057 of 2,108 | #218 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,442 of 2,188 | #201 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.7% | #69 of 1,374 | #21 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
554
-154 (-22%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 45% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 53% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 56% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 77% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 919 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 76% (699) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 79% (783) |
| 2010-11 | 1,176 | 82 | 14.3:1 | 74% (868) |
| 2000-01 | 1,274 | 61 | 20.9:1 | 57% (729) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 46 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM.
About MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is an elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, according to federal school records. Its 554 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is part of a district of 527 schools: MIAMI-DADE, with 335,685 students.
The large majority of students at MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM, 97%, are Hispanic. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 69%. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is A. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is among the top 10% of schools in Florida. Predicted: 58.6%. Actual: 72.9%.
Among Miami-Dade County residents, median household income is about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, which together enroll about 335,817 students.
The nearest public school is PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 708 in 2020-21 and 554 in 2024-25, a 22% decrease.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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 MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 483
- DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 540
- ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED ACADEMICS1.1 mi · 136
- WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 490
- SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 463
- PINECREST ACADEMY (NORTH CAMPUS)1.7 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEMWhat is the total enrollment at MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM?
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM enrolls approximately 554 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM serve?
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM.
How diverse is MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM?
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM reports a student body of 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM?
MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.