THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL
THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL, a very small elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, caters to 168 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
On the resource side, THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -0.6 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 52.5%.
The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Five-year trend. THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 10% since 2018, when it stood at 153 (now 168). Black enrollment moved from 74% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.
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