1
What's one thing VINELAND K-8 CENTER gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000531
VINELAND K-8 CENTER
8455 SW 119TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33156 · (305) 238-7931 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
148 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
40%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.3% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.9% | 82.6% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 VINELAND K-8 CENTER
VINELAND K-8 CENTER's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINELAND K-8 CENTER this school | 671 | 22.1% | 78.0% |
| ADA MERRITT K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 780 | 18.7% | 84.9% |
| MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 664 | 17.5% | 74.7% |
| LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 506 | 24.3% | 71.6% |
| SOMERSET GABLES ACADEMY CORAL GABLES | 556 | 22.1% | 85.7% |
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO BAY | 696 | 28.3% | 78.8% |
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 VINELAND K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #222 of 2,136 | #39 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #429 of 2,149 ▼ 259 | #78 of 279 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #171 of 2,149 ▼ 78 | #36 of 279 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #805 of 2,267 | #80 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,363 of 2,077 | #152 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #1,653 of 2,108 | #74 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #1,969 of 2,188 | #256 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #404 of 1,374 | #85 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
671
-108 (-14%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 22% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 26% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 27% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 779 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 37% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 865 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 34% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 56 | 16.8:1 | 40% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 36% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 30% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 40 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VINELAND K-8 CENTER.
About VINELAND K-8 CENTER
VINELAND K-8 CENTER is a medium-sized elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. The student body numbers 671 students, from pre-K through 8.
In MIAMI-DADE, 527 schools enroll a combined 335,685 students.
VINELAND K-8 CENTER is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
VINELAND K-8 CENTER counts 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.8 students for each one. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 22% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 48% for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, VINELAND K-8 CENTER receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
VINELAND K-8 CENTER is 7.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (78.0% versus 70.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
County data help place the school in context: in Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $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 is home to 561 public schools and about 335,817 public school students.
The nearest public school is TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 78.0% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 14% from its 2020-21 level of 779.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST0.9 mi · 278
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CONTINENTAL0.9 mi · 55
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,618
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 654
- PALMETTO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 715
- MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About VINELAND K-8 CENTERHow many students attend VINELAND K-8 CENTER?
VINELAND K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-08.
Is VINELAND K-8 CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
VINELAND K-8 CENTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VINELAND K-8 CENTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VINELAND K-8 CENTER is approximately 16.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VINELAND K-8 CENTER?
VINELAND K-8 CENTER reports a student body of 15% White, 76% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is VINELAND K-8 CENTER public or private?
VINELAND K-8 CENTER is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.