MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY

MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY, an one-room-style K-5 school in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, teaches 154 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that educates 335,685 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY shows that Black students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 44.3%.

In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY has decreased 68%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 154 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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