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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039001388
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
840 NE 87TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33138 · (305) 756-3800 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
266 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 | 63 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
Student demographics
52%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -8.7pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 77.8% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
Where PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #693 of 2,136 | #104 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #806 of 2,149 | #137 of 279 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,151 of 2,149 | #161 of 279 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #1,528 of 2,267 | #161 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #997 of 2,077 | #104 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #1,299 of 2,108 | #30 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #1,029 of 2,188 | #132 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #316 of 1,374 | #69 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-115 (-20%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 1,016
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 56% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 63% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 70% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 84% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 82% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 90% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 83% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 1,016 | 54 | 18.8:1 | 78% (793) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in MIAMI, Florida, attend PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 471 students. That is 22% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students, and PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black (63%). The rest of enrollment is 30% Hispanic and 5% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 15%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52%.
There are about 15.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 30. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 56%.
After adjusting for student poverty, PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.8%; the prediction is 52.9%.
Miami-Dade County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools enroll about 335,817 students and include PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.1 miles from MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 55.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 471, down from 586 in 2020-21.
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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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- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
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
- MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 610
- MORNINGSIDE K-8 ACADEMY1.3 mi · 406
- DR. MARVIN DUNN ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.1.3 mi · 77
- HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 342
- JESSE J. MCCRARY JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 382
- TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 30% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PHYLLIS R. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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