PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE. The school serves 654 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 75.1%; actual is 90.2%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 72.3%.

PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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