Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000527
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4545 SW 104TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33165 · (305) 221-0284 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
165 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 109 | 30% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
4%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
63.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 65.9% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 367 | 45.0% | 64.5% |
| BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 340 | 44.4% | 64.3% |
| FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 381 | 48.3% | 62.3% |
| DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 403 | 46.2% | 69.5% |
| BENT TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 430 | 47.4% | 74.0% |
| ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 459 | 45.1% | 63.6% |
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 TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #661 of 2,136 | #97 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #678 of 2,149 ▲ 32 | #116 of 279 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #692 of 2,149 ▼ 15 | #103 of 279 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #1,852 of 2,267 | #210 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #97 of 2,077 | #11 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.3% | #2,077 of 2,108 | #238 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #1,447 of 2,188 | #203 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #696 of 1,374 | #129 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
367
-49 (-12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
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 | 367 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 45% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 58% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 63% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 84% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 82% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 85% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 52 | 8.8:1 | 76% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 61 | 10.3:1 | 57% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 56 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In MIAMI, Florida, part of Miami-Dade County, TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. It had 367 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 527 schools run by MIAMI-DADE, which serves 335,685 students.
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. In Miami-Dade County overall, about 69% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 45% of the student body.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 5.9 points above predicted: 64.5% against 58.6%.
In Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
RIVIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 64.5% versus a 65.3% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% drop, from 416 to 367.
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Tropical Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Tropical Elementary. TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 791 students
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERRITT ISLAND, FL · 569 students
Nearby schools
- RIVIERA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 479
- PINECREST COVE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 938
- OLYMPIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 318
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH0.9 mi · 453
- ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 514
- CYPRESS K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.