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ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2790 SW 93RD CT, MIAMI, FL 33165 · (305) 221-1192 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Florida public elementary schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
204 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K288%
Kindergarten4813%
Grade 16417%
Grade 24211%
Grade 37219%
Grade 44913%
Grade 56718%

This year's kindergarten class (48) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).

Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
31%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
36498%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
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
Male
17748%
Female
19352%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
58.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2558.4%71.2%
2023-2458.7%68.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37055.1%64.4%
ROYAL GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
37151.5%60.4%
CYPRESS K-8 CENTER
MIAMI
37652.1%60.1%
JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
41052.4%66.7%
SILVER BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
35852.5%41.8%
MIAMI SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI SPRINGS
38153.5%56.3%
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 ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
64.4%#664 of 2,136#98 of 278
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.2%#601 of 2,149
▲ 2
#101 of 279
▼ 5
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
58.4%#906 of 2,149
▼ 136
#134 of 279
▼ 30
Enrollment
ranked largest first
370#1,846 of 2,267#209 of 290
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#877 of 2,077#90 of 264
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
3.2%#2,091 of 2,108#252 of 267
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.1%#1,082 of 2,188#142 of 283
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.7%#628 of 1,374#115 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 2024-25
Enrollment
370
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253702415.4:155% (204)
2023-243602613.8:159% (213)
2022-233372016.9:161% (205)
2020-213523011.7:181% (284)
2017-184443213.9:178% (346)
2015-164182914.4:180% (333)
2010-114493512.8:173% (328)
2000-015813616.1:153% (308)
1990-916233916.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, (ZIP code 33165). The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 370 students. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.

Across its 527 schools, MIAMI-DADE enrolls 335,685 students. ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.

The share of Hispanic students at ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 98%. The county population is about 69% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 3%.

With 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 55% of students (204) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Florida public elementary schools.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.4% actual, 53.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.

In Miami-Dade County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.

ROCKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Under the NCES locale system, ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% gain, from 352 to 370. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.7:1 to 15.4:1.

The discussion board for ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.

Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
2790 SW 93RD CT, MIAMI, FL 33165
Phone
(305) 221-1192
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
370
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
204 (55%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120039000505
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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