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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER administration to hear?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000518
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER
6800 SW 60TH ST, SOUTH MIAMI, FL 33143 · (305) 667-8847 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
196 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% larger than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
40%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
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER→SOUTH MIAMI 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
62.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 62.7% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER this school | 508 | 38.6% | 63.5% |
| WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 500 | 40.4% | 74.8% |
| WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 644 | 40.7% | 52.5% |
| WILLIAM H. LEHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 522 | 36.2% | 73.6% |
| WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 592 | 42.4% | 59.8% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ST.CLOUD MIAMI | 737 | 42.2% | 47.4% |
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 SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #708 of 2,136 | #112 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #1,018 of 2,149 ▼ 176 | #159 of 279 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #741 of 2,149 ▼ 118 | #111 of 279 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #1,391 of 2,267 | #143 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #499 of 2,077 | #46 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #1,672 of 2,108 | #76 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #1,622 of 2,188 | #219 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.8% | #111 of 1,374 | #28 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
508
-166 (-25%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
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 | 508 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 39% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 46% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 65% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 58% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 63% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 59 | 14.4:1 | 59% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 58% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 34 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER.
About SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER
In SOUTH MIAMI, Florida, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school has 508 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8.
In MIAMI-DADE, 527 schools enroll a combined 335,685 students.
The student body at SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is 76% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black and 7% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER, which has 35. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is about 39%. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 9 points higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Florida, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.5% actual against a predicted 61.8%.
The school's county is Miami-Dade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER's nearest public school is SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 166 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.7:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in SOUTH MIAMI
- SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 720 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)Elementary · 491 students
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)Middle · 166 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 720
- SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,611
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 260
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.1 mi · 166
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.1 mi · 491
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.4 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTERHow many students attend SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER?
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER serve?
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER have?
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER?
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER reports a student body of 7% White, 76% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER in?
SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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