NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in OPA LOCKA, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, educateing 310 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 22% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 53.0%.

In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

DR. ROBERT B. INGRAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 16%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 77% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.