Enrollment
154
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000470
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY
3125 NW 176TH ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33056 · (305) 624-8431 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL154 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
122 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
40%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
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY→MIAMI CAROL CITY 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
47.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 44.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY this school | 154 | 79.2% | 44.3% |
| RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 172 | 77.9% | 36.5% |
| POINCIANA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 169 | 73.4% | 23.6% |
| GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 162 | 82.7% | 35.8% |
| GADSDEN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL QUINCY | 121 | 78.5% | 71.6% |
| ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERRINE | 168 | 86.3% | 37.9% |
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 MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,623 of 2,136 | #227 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,718 of 2,149 ▼ 44 | #249 of 279 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,426 of 2,149 ▲ 179 | #202 of 279 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 154 | #2,154 of 2,267 | #277 of 290 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #167 of 2,188 | #25 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -67.5% | #5 of 1,374 | #1 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
154
-217 (-58%) vs 2020
-79% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 154 | 9 | 17.1:1 | 79% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 14 | 18.2:1 | 80% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 16 | 18.5:1 | 85% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 96% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 90% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 96% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 93% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 91% (606) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 41 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY.
About MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. School enrollment was 154 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 75% smaller than that.
MIAMI-DADE is the district for MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY. It has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
By race and ethnicity, MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is 73% Black. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic. That compares with about 15% Black among all Miami-Dade County residents. MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.1:1, with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. About 79% of students, or 122, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 31 points lower.
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is 2.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (44.3% versus 41.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is located in Miami-Dade County, where median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, which together enroll about 335,817 students.
Nearest public school: MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.0%; MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY's is 44.3%, ranking 5th of 7.
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY enrolled 371 in 2020-21 and 154 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 17.1:1 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
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- MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGHHigh · 859 students
- CHARLES DAVID WYCHE JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- LAKE STEVENS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 509 students
- NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 454 students
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENSElementary · 413 students
- CAROL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 411 students
Other Myrtle Grove Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Myrtle Grove Elementary. MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 435 students
Nearby schools
- MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH0.6 mi · 859
- GOLDEN GLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 210
- SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER 8010.8 mi · 35
- BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF MIAMI GARDENS1.0 mi · 115
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 330
- EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI GARDENS1.0 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 154 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY serve?
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY have?
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 1% White, 27% Hispanic, 73% Black.
Who oversees MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY?
MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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