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REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school in HOMESTEAD, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. The school caters to 569 students in grades pre-K through 3.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% Black. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.8%; this one delivers 52.3%.
In the broader community, the surrounding 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%. REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: MEDICAL ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (M.A.S.T.) @ HOM, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 55.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REDONDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 10%, going from 629 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
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