VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 10327 NW 11TH AVE, in MIAMI, Florida, VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit K-5 school that enrolls 374 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by MIAMI-DADE. That puts it 38% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that serves 335,685 students overall.

Looking at the student body, VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 69% of students at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 75% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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