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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000512

SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

149 NW 49TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33127 · (305)758-3673 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
127
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
105 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, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten1713%
Grade 12520%
Grade 22318%
Grade 31512%
Grade 42117%
Grade 52620%

This year's kindergarten class (17) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).

Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
—1%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
—17%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
—83%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 21% · US 15%
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.

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL→BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH
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. 2023-24 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
41.5%
FL avg 52.9%
Math
53.0%
FL avg 55.7%

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.

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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →

Where SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
45.7%#1,546 of 2,136#217 of 278
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.0%#1,415 of 2,149#218 of 279
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.5%#1,708 of 2,149#235 of 279
Enrollment
ranked largest first
127#2,174 of 2,267#281 of 290
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
82.7%#103 of 2,188#19 of 283
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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
127
-111 (-47%) vs 2017
-82% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 15.9:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
17%
was 16%
% Black
83%
was 81%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-24127621.2:183% (105)
2022-23129621.5:184% (109)
2020-211731511.5:195% (164)
2017-182381515.9:195% (227)
2015-162551715.0:198% (251)
2010-113072313.3:198% (301)
2000-015193714.0:196% (498)
1990-917084416.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Students in MIAMI, Florida, attend SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a very small elementary school. It reported 127 students in pre-K through 5 in 2023-24. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 79% below average.

SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in MIAMI-DADE, a system of 527 schools with 335,685 students.

At SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 83% of students are Black. It is also 17% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Miami-Dade County is roughly 15% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 29%.

SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.5:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 4.0 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rate at public schools in Miami-Dade County averages 48%, lower than here.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.7% at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.7%.

The county, Miami-Dade County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.

SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.

For locale, NCES codes SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Large.

Enrollment was 238 in 2017-18 and 127 in 2023-24. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Students per teacher increased from 15.9 in 2017-18 to 21.2 in 2023-24.

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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
SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
149 NW 49TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33127
Phone
(305)758-3673
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
127
Teachers (FTE)
6
Student–teacher ratio
21.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
105 (83%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120039000512
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
Other schools in MIAMI
Other Shadowlawn Elementary schools

2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Shadowlawn Elementary. SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many students attend SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 127 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 21.5:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 83% Black.
Who oversees SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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