SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in HIALEAH, Florida, SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, part of MIAMI-DADE. It caters to 899 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 53.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

EXCELSIOR PREP CHARTER SCHOOL OF HIALEAH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.8%.

SOUTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 946 students in 2018 compared to 899 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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