RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment elementary schools in OPA LOCKA, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, with 172 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the income-and-resources front, RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.1%.

RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 50%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 172 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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