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Enrollment
805
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000513
SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1023 SW 21ST AVE, MIAMI, FL 33135 · (305) 643-4433 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL805 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
474 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (156).
Student demographics
4%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
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
48.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.3pp since 2023
Math
65.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 48.9% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 805 | 58.9% | 49.6% |
| MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 786 | 60.9% | 55.2% |
| EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 912 | 57.0% | 62.4% |
| BOWMAN ASHE/DOOLIN K-8 ACADEMY MIAMI | 841 | 56.7% | 59.1% |
| ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY HIALEAH | 947 | 57.7% | 59.6% |
| HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 700 | 61.7% | 40.4% |
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 SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,351 of 2,136 | #190 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #865 of 2,149 ▲ 568 | #147 of 279 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,402 of 2,149 ▲ 495 | #199 of 279 ▲ 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 805 | #454 of 2,267 | #58 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,459 of 2,077 | #161 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #2,081 of 2,108 | #242 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #953 of 2,188 | #126 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #703 of 1,374 | #130 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
805
+53 (+7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 1,220
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 805 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 59% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 62% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 72% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 94% (705) |
| 2017-18 | 948 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 87% (827) |
| 2015-16 | 1,017 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 93% (946) |
| 2010-11 | 1,012 | 68 | 14.9:1 | 96% (969) |
| 2000-01 | 1,325 | 76 | 17.4:1 | 96% (1,266) |
| 1990-91 | 1,220 | 66 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE. It educates 805 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE has 335,685 students in 527 schools, and SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The student body at SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 98% Hispanic. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 4% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers at SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.1:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 59%. On average, public schools in Miami-Dade County report 48%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -2.1 points: 49.6% actual, 51.7% predicted.
Across Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
Nearby, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 53 students since 2020-21, to 805. By 2024-25, the school had 17.1 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Other Shenandoah Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Shenandoah Elementary. SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 403 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolSarahsville, OH · 809 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolMiddletown, IN · 630 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 584 students
- Shenandoah ElementaryShenandoah, VA · 351 students
Nearby schools
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 320
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 376
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY INTERAMERICAN CAMPUS0.6 mi · 188
- SHENANDOAH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,231
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 3,100
- CORAL WAY K-8 CENTER0.9 mi · 1,038
Frequently asked questions
About SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 805 students in grades PK-05.
Is SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHENANDOAH 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.