Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000529
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6735 W 5TH PL, HIALEAH, FL 33012 · (305) 822-0770 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
192 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
2%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.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 48.3% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 325 | 59.1% | 43.6% |
| ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 370 | 55.1% | 64.4% |
| ALPHA CHARTER OF EXCELLENCE MIAMI | 262 | 55.0% | 34.8% |
| SILVER BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 358 | 52.5% | 41.8% |
| MIAMI SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI SPRINGS | 381 | 53.5% | 56.3% |
| CYPRESS K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 376 | 52.1% | 60.1% |
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 TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,658 of 2,136 | #229 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,242 of 2,149 ▲ 228 | #197 of 279 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,877 of 2,149 ▼ 410 | #254 of 279 ▼ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,938 of 2,267 | #229 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,701 of 2,077 | #209 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.4% | #2,099 of 2,108 | #260 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #944 of 2,188 | #124 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #183 of 1,374 | #41 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
325
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 59% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 17 | 16.7:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 62% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 81% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 81% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 86% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 85% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 75% (546) |
| 1990-91 | 954 | 42 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in HIALEAH, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It has an enrollment of 325 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Roughly 99% of students at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 2%.
Its staff includes 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.1 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 59%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 11 points.
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 51.6%. It scores 43.6%, 8.0 points below that figure.
Census data for Miami-Dade County show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. By average proficiency, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 325, compared with 336 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.9:1 to 18.1:1.
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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
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Other Twin Lakes Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Twin Lakes Elementary. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 9.
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 535 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYELK RIVER, MN · 704 students
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 523 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 502 students
- Twin Lakes ElementaryOrangevale, CA · 494 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 590
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 585
- JOHN G. DUPUIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 508
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 698
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 1,367
- MARCUS A. MILAM K-8 CENTER1.4 mi · 1,082
Frequently asked questions
About TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
Is TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Who oversees TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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