Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000476
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER
3250 NW 207TH ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL 33056 · (305) 624-9648 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
229 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER→MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH
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
43.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
52.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 59.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Schools most like NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER this school | 319 | 71.8% | 49.7% |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 330 | 71.8% | 44.4% |
| NATHAN B. YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 310 | 72.9% | 53.0% |
| PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 372 | 69.6% | 53.6% |
| NORTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 266 | 69.9% | 56.5% |
| ENDEAVOUR PRIMARY LEARNING CENTER LAUDERHILL | 317 | 69.4% | 58.3% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,343 of 2,136 | #188 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,433 of 2,149 ▼ 483 | #221 of 279 ▼ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,625 of 2,149 ▼ 204 | #226 of 279 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,949 of 2,267 | #233 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,371 of 2,077 | #154 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #1,799 of 2,108 | #100 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #388 of 2,188 | #42 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #642 of 1,374 | #118 of 185 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-61 (-16%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 319 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 72% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 77% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 79% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 94% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 82% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 94% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 29 | 12.4:1 | 93% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 51 | 10.8:1 | 91% (500) |
| 1990-91 | 697 | 35 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER.
About NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is an elementary school in MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, reachable at (305) 624-9648. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 319 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER reports to MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Black students make up 80% of enrollment at NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 15%. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.8:1 comes from the school's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 72% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is one of 561 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is ASPIRE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is ahead of the 47.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 5.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 319, a 16% decrease from 380 in 2020-21.
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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
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- ASPIRE PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.4 mi · 21
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- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 330
- FAIRWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER?
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER serve?
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is approximately 16.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER?
At NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER, the student body is approximately 2% White, 17% Hispanic, 80% Black.
What district is NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER in?
NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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