NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, works with 536 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 80% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% 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 north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 41.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

MIAMI NORLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 25%, going from 712 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 10% to 18%.

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