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Enrollment
1,257
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000373
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER
1155 93RD ST, BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, FL 33154 · (305) 865-7912 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,257 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
262 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
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER→MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
79.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
85.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 have held steady.
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
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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
1,257
-126 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 17.7:1
% White
42%
was 38%
% Hispanic
52%
was 57%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, instructing 1,257 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 108% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.
Demographically, RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 42% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER logs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.7%; this one delivers 82.2%.
Around the school, census data for Miami-Dade County shows 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%. RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH), around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,383 (now 1,257). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH)1.1 mi · 586
- BISCAYNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 525
- MAST@FIU1.7 mi · 489
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 664
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 308
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 566
Frequently asked questions
About RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER?
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 1,257 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER serve?
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER.
How diverse is RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER?
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER reports a student body of 42% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER?
RUTH K. BROAD BAY HARBOR K-8 CENTER is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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