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NORMA BUTLER BOSSARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About 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.
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