ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MIAMI, Florida, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, operated by MIAMI-DADE. It teaches 514 students across grades pre-K through 5.

ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 70.2%, a residual of +15.9 points.

In the broader community, Miami-Dade County reports that median household income runs about $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PINECREST COVE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 514). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.