Enrollment
168
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000469
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18050 HOMESTEAD AVE, PERRINE, FL 33157 · (305) 235-3612 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
145 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
35%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SOUTHWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
36.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 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 | 38.9% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 47.4% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 168 | 86.3% | 37.9% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY MIRAMAR | 167 | 88.0% | 71.2% |
| GRAHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 162 | 82.7% | 35.8% |
| MYRTLE GROVE ELEMENTARY MIAMI GARDENS | 154 | 79.2% | 44.3% |
| PINE VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 219 | 83.6% | 66.7% |
| RAINBOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPA LOCKA | 172 | 77.9% | 36.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,894 of 2,136 | #262 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #2,014 of 2,149 ▼ 495 | #273 of 279 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #1,816 of 2,149 ▼ 29 | #247 of 279 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #2,140 of 2,267 | #274 of 290 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #51 of 2,188 | #12 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.5% | #50 of 1,374 | #16 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
168
-98 (-37%) vs 2020
-76% since 1990-91, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 168 | 10 | 16.8:1 | 86% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 12 | 13.4:1 | 89% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 177 | 13 | 13.6:1 | 82% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 98% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 95% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 83% (534) |
| 1990-91 | 697 | 37 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in PERRINE, Florida. It is a small elementary school. The school serves 168 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 72% smaller than that.
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in MIAMI-DADE, a system of 527 schools with 335,685 students.
By race and ethnicity, ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 78% Black. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic. That compares with about 15% Black among all Miami-Dade County residents. By the diversity index, ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 35%.
The school reported 10 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. The average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
allk12 grades ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are within a point of predicted: 37.9% against 37.9%.
Miami-Dade County census figures show that median household income is about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County.
BOYSTOWN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 37.9% versus a 56.2% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 37% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 168 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.8:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 21% Hispanic, 78% Black.
Who oversees ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBERT RUSSA MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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