Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000378
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10327 NW 11TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33150 · (305) 696-9241 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- BBeats 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
17.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
259 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
44%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
48.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 49.6% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 374 | 69.3% | 52.3% |
| TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 382 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| EDISON PARK K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 441 | 71.4% | 48.5% |
| CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 420 | 70.2% | 56.7% |
| MARY M BETHUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 319 | 71.2% | 45.8% |
| FRANCES K. SWEET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 439 | 68.6% | 49.4% |
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 VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,215 of 2,136 | #177 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #1,073 of 2,149 ▲ 324 | #171 of 279 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #1,366 of 2,149 ▲ 155 | #189 of 279 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #1,828 of 2,267 | #204 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,647 of 2,077 | #197 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #1,570 of 2,108 | #63 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #487 of 2,188 | #55 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #120 of 1,374 | #32 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
374
-101 (-21%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,122
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 69% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 74% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 95% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 90% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 96% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 97% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 921 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 96% (884) |
| 1990-91 | 1,122 | 66 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a small elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. A federal count lists 374 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
MIAMI-DADE, which runs VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Roughly 68% of students at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Black share is about 15%. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.8:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The lunch program counts 69% of students at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census estimates describe Miami-Dade County this way: the median household income is $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 52.3% is above the 50.5% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment dropped from 475 in 2020-21 to 374 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.8:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
Is VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 32% Hispanic, 68% Black.
Is VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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