ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, instructing 283 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 604.

ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that educates 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 56%; the rest consists of 42% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CHARLES R DREW K-8 CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ORCHARD VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 30%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 82% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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