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What's one thing NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000473
NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
19340 NW 8TH CT, MIAMI, FL 33169 · (305) 652-6074 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
357 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
45.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
536
-176 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.2:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
18%
was 10%
% Black
80%
was 87%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- MIAMI NORLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,653
- NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 656
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 178
- NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 443
- HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 339
- SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.