PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1801 NW 1ST PL, in MIAMI, Florida, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a rural-scale primary school that teaches 145 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 76% leaner than typical.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

Across the wider county, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY 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 CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER N, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 43%, going from 255 students in 2018 to 145 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 72% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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