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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000480
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
625 W 74TH PL, HIALEAH, FL 33014 · (305) 822-0721 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-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
15.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
381 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
6%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
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
57.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 58.5% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 590 | 64.6% | 53.3% |
| MAE M. WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 620 | 63.2% | 53.0% |
| JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 508 | 64.4% | 59.8% |
| KINLOCH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 548 | 60.4% | 39.9% |
| HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 700 | 61.7% | 40.4% |
| FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 484 | 66.7% | 48.3% |
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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,163 of 2,136 | #171 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #1,027 of 2,149 ▼ 26 | #163 of 279 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #976 of 2,149 ▲ 330 | #143 of 279 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,059 of 2,267 | #102 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #921 of 2,077 | #94 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.6% | #2,064 of 2,108 | #225 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #710 of 2,188 | #94 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.2% | #172 of 621 | #20 of 73 |
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
590
+155 (+36%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 65% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 72% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 75% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 88% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 87% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 88% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 91% (601) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 92% (733) |
| 1990-91 | 829 | 42 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in HIALEAH, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 590 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
The share of students at NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 97%. The remaining students are 2% Black. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 6, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 65% of students at NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 4.5 points above predicted: 53.3% against 48.8%.
In the wider Miami-Dade County area, median household income comes to about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 36%. The school's ratio increased from 12.8:1 to 15.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
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Nearby schools
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 325
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGH0.7 mi · 1,367
- JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 508
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTER1.2 mi · 1,196
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 585
- PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NORTH TWIN LAKES 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.