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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
974
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000501
REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
24501 SW 162ND AVE, HOMESTEAD, FL 33031 · (305) 247-8141 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL974 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
575 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
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
44.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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
974
+212 (+28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 14.1:1
% White
2%
was 5%
% Hispanic
89%
was 88%
% Black
8%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 24501 SW 162ND AVE, in HOMESTEAD, Florida, REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable K-5 school that caters to 974 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under MIAMI-DADE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 61% larger than that benchmark.
REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that educates 335,685 students overall.
On demographics, REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of -3.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, 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%. REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
REDLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 28%, going from 762 students in 2018 to 974 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- REDLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 661
- MIAMI MACARTHUR EDUCATIONAL CENTER2.5 mi · 97
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 3,382
- SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY2.7 mi · 138
- DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 515
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS AT PRINCETON2.8 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 974 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 89% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is REDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
REDLAND 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.