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If you had an hour of school board time for PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,422
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000491
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
17615 NW 82ND AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33015 · (305) 821-4631 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
644 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→LAWTON CHILES 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
62.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,422
+358 (+34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.4:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
95%
was 95%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a roomy elementary campus in HIALEAH, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. The school enrolls 1,422 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 135% larger than the state mean of about 604.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MATER ACADEMY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 34%, going from 1,064 students in 2018 to 1,422 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. 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
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
- WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,191 students
Nearby schools
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 870
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,201
- MATER LAKES COLLEGIATE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 288
- MATER LAKES COLLEGIATE ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 332
- COUNTRY CLUB MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 496
- MATER GARDENS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,422 students in grades PK-08.
Is PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
Is PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PALM SPRINGS NORTH 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.