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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000483
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18600 W DIXIE HWY, MIAMI, FL 33180 · (305) 931-4881 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
401 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 39 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
47%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
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HIGHLAND OAKS 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
54.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 60.4% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 835 | 48.0% | 53.8% |
| FLORA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 765 | 46.5% | 32.1% |
| NEPTUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,052 | 51.2% | 47.2% |
| PARTIN SETTLEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 821 | 54.2% | 47.5% |
| NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT DAVENPORT | 977 | 51.7% | 44.7% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA KISSIMMEE | 879 | 51.2% | 44.8% |
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 OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,141 of 2,136 | #167 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #785 of 2,149 ▲ 140 | #132 of 279 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,073 of 2,149 ▲ 343 | #151 of 279 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #396 of 2,267 | #52 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,543 of 2,077 | #175 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,497 of 2,108 | #56 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #1,355 of 2,188 | #190 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,139 of 1,374 | #171 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
835
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 835 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 48% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 50% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 63% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 877 | 56 | 15.7:1 | 78% (687) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 70% (621) |
| 2015-16 | 934 | 55 | 17.0:1 | 77% (718) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 76% (633) |
| 2000-01 | 871 | 39 | 22.3:1 | 37% (326) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 27 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in MIAMI, Florida, is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 835 students. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 38% above average.
MIAMI-DADE, which runs OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
By race and ethnicity, OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 14% White, 12% Black, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share in Miami-Dade County as a whole is similar, at about 69%. OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1 at OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.8%, compared with a predicted 57.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Miami-Dade County has these Census figures: median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Miami-Dade County number 561 and enroll about 335,817.
Nearest public school: BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.3%; OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 53.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 877 students in 2020-21 and 835 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 17.4:1 over the same years.
The OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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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
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH0.5 mi · 656
- AVENTURA CITY OF EXCELLENCE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,032
- HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 736
- VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL1.3 mi · 586
- GREYNOLDS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 532
- AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER1.6 mi · 2,063
Frequently asked questions
About OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 835 students in grades PK-05.
Is OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 14% White, 71% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.