SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER

SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER, a modestly sized K-5 school in SOUTH MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, serves 508 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 7% White.

On the resource side, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 63.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 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 MIAMI K-8 CENTER ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER's enrollment has contracted 35% since 2018, when it stood at 779 (now 508).

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