NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 19810 NW 14TH CT, in MIAMI, Florida, NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary-level community that works with 443 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%); the rest reads as 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 443). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 14% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.