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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000524
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10235 SW 84TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33173 · (305) 279-3222 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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
13.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
150 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
10%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
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→GLADES MIDDLE 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
67.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 68.5% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 390 | 38.5% | 65.2% |
| SPRINGVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI SPRINGS | 302 | 39.1% | 73.0% |
| SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY SUNSET MIAMI | 350 | 41.7% | 81.9% |
| BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 340 | 44.4% | 64.3% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 367 | 45.0% | 64.5% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL EAST AT DORAL DORAL | 463 | 32.2% | 68.9% |
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 SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #634 of 2,136 | #92 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #553 of 2,149 ▲ 36 | #94 of 279 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #550 of 2,149 ▲ 224 | #89 of 279 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,790 of 2,267 | #196 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #139 of 2,077 | #18 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #2,024 of 2,108 | #188 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #1,626 of 2,188 | #220 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.9% | #107 of 1,374 | #27 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
390
-42 (-10%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,171
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 38% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 66% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 77% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 67% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 74% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 68% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 48% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 1,171 | 57 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school for students in MIAMI, Florida. The school had 390 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in MIAMI-DADE, a district with 335,685 students across 527 schools.
At SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 95% of the student body. After that, the student body is 4% White. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 30 full-time-equivalent teachers at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 13.0:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 38% of students. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.2%, compared with a predicted 61.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Miami-Dade County census figures show that median household income is about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
KENDALL GREENS HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 85.4%, higher than SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 65.2%.
In the federal locale system, SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students dropped from 432 to 390 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Other Sunset Park Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunset Park Elementary. SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 4.
- SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARYWINDERMERE, FL · 699 students
- Sunset Park ElementaryWilmington, NC · 450 students
- Sunset Park Elementary SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 425 students
Nearby schools
- KENDALL GREENS HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 482
- MIAMI YOUTH ACADEMY0.7 mi · 22
- TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE0.8 mi · 1,644
- KENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 348
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 259
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BAY0.8 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
Is SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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