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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000530

VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

12265 SW 34TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33175 · (305) 226-0441 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Florida public elementary schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
131 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5521%
Kindergarten3513%
Grade 13212%
Grade 24316%
Grade 33112%
Grade 43112%
Grade 53714%

This year's kindergarten class (35) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).

Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
21%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
26098%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
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
Male
15559%
Female
10941%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL→G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
64.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 have held steady.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2564.6%71.8%
2023-2455.1%72.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school26449.6%66.0%
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
28947.1%64.3%
SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY
MIAMI
32449.7%74.8%
GREENGLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
29352.9%57.7%
ALPHA CHARTER OF EXCELLENCE
MIAMI
26255.0%34.8%
SNAPPER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
36251.4%75.0%
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 VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
66.0%#601 of 2,136#88 of 278
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.8%#569 of 2,149
▼ 114
#97 of 279
▼ 23
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
64.6%#639 of 2,149
▲ 287
#98 of 279
▲ 30
Enrollment
ranked largest first
264#2,041 of 2,267#254 of 290
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.6:1#1,595 of 2,077#183 of 264
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
3.0%#2,093 of 2,108#254 of 267
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
49.6%#1,316 of 2,188#183 of 283
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.9%#677 of 1,374#124 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 2024-25
Enrollment
264
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252641517.6:150% (131)
2023-242551517.0:159% (151)
2022-232451516.3:169% (170)
2020-212461714.5:176% (186)
2017-183142313.7:174% (232)
2015-163462513.8:178% (271)
2010-113923112.7:168% (267)
2000-016003616.7:155% (332)
1990-917003818.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a small elementary school, VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in MIAMI, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 264 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 56% lower.

MIAMI-DADE is made up of 527 schools with 335,685 students in all.

The student body at VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 98% Hispanic. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 3%, meaning two students picked at random have a 3% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 15 full-time equivalents, or about 17.6 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 50%. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.

The allk12 Grade for VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 66.0%. Predicted: 56.3%.

VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Miami-Dade County, where the median household income is $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 560 other public schools.

GREENGLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 66.0% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.

In the federal locale system, VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.6:1.

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Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
12265 SW 34TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33175
Phone
(305) 226-0441
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
264
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
17.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
131 (50%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120039000530
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How many students attend VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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