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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000465
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10351 NE 5TH AVE, MIAMI SHORES, FL 33138 · (305) 758-5525 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
18.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
325 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 65.7% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 610 | 53.3% | 63.6% |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 684 | 51.5% | 52.3% |
| CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE FORT PIERCE | 515 | 52.8% | 56.5% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 527 | 56.7% | 31.0% |
| TEDDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 597 | 54.4% | 34.3% |
| PARK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 549 | 55.9% | 38.4% |
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 MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #704 of 2,136 | #110 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #915 of 2,149 ▼ 196 | #154 of 279 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #447 of 2,149 ▲ 103 | #75 of 279 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #997 of 2,267 | #96 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #1,761 of 2,077 | #217 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #979 of 2,108 | #3 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #1,160 of 2,188 | #152 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #741 of 1,374 | #136 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
610
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,591
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 53% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 57% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 59% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 77% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 63% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 75% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 710 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 71% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 1,261 | 63 | 20.0:1 | 67% (842) |
| 1990-91 | 1,591 | 74 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in MIAMI SHORES, Florida. A total of 610 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students, and its 527 schools include MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 52% Black. The rest of enrollment is 38% Hispanic and 8% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 15%. The chance that two students picked at random at MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The school employs the equivalent of 33 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.5:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%.
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.6% actual, 54.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Miami-Dade County show that median household income is about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, with a combined enrollment of about 335,817.
Of nearby public schools, PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 620 students in 2020-21 and 610 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 18.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 MIAMI SHORES
- DOCTORS CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI SHORESHigh · 567 students
Nearby schools
- PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 471
- GRATIGNY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 443
- HUBERT O. SIBLEY K-8 ACADEMY1.3 mi · 812
- DOCTORS CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI SHORES1.3 mi · 567
- HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 342
- DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.1.4 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
How diverse is MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 38% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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