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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000525
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5901 SW 16TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33155 · (305) 266-3511 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest 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
14.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
305 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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
7%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
56.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 67.8% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 551 | 55.4% | 60.9% |
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 585 | 56.2% | 45.7% |
| SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 508 | 56.3% | 64.3% |
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 514 | 53.7% | 70.2% |
| WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 490 | 55.1% | 68.0% |
| BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 502 | 57.0% | 36.5% |
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 SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #824 of 2,136 | #126 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #880 of 2,149 ▼ 259 | #150 of 279 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #985 of 2,149 ▼ 208 | #144 of 279 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,213 of 2,267 | #119 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #370 of 2,077 | #32 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #2,052 of 2,108 | #213 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #1,070 of 2,188 | #138 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #304 of 621 | #32 of 73 |
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
551
+77 (+16%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 55% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 58% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 68% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 79% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 78% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 81% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 72% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 54% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 34 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in MIAMI, Florida. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 551 students on the rolls.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools; together they serve 335,685 students.
Roughly 96% of students at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County residents are about 69% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 7%.
There are about 14.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 39. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 55%.
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Florida public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +7.4 points: 60.9% actual, 53.4% predicted.
The county, Miami-Dade County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 561 public schools and about 335,817 students.
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts increased from 474 (2020-21) to 551 (2024-25). Students per teacher increased from 12.2 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 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 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
Nearby schools
- FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 493
- CORAL TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 462
- NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1.0 mi · 8
- HENRY M. FLAGLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 792
- FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 381
- WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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