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If you could change one rule at NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
996
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039006302
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15950 SW 144TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33196 · (305) 254-5200 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
413 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
70.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
84.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Florida's top 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
996
-199 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.5:1
% White
3%
was 6%
% Hispanic
93%
was 89%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable primary school in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. The school teaches 996 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% larger than the state mean of about 604.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 3% White, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 76.8%, a residual of +16.4 points.
In the broader community, Miami-Dade County reports that median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 1,195 students in 2018 compared to 996 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
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- 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
- JORGE MAS CANOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,019
- JACK DAVID GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 805
- DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 586
- HERBERT A. AMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 999
- CHRISTINA M. EVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 482
- HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 996 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.