MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM

MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, with 554 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). 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, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.6%; actual is 72.9%, +14.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM is one campus in the mix.

PAUL W. BELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS ELEM's enrollment has decreased 40% since 2018, when it stood at 919 (now 554). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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