PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized primary school in HIALEAH, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 574 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: YOUTH CO-OP CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PALM LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 656 (now 574).

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