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Alumni: what's one memory from W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000383
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY
1201 NE 125TH ST, NORTH MIAMI, FL 33161 · (305) 891-0602 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
391 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
611
-112 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.1:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
25%
was 21%
% Black
71%
was 74%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in NORTH MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, with 611 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY lists that Black students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -1.2 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY has declined 15%, going from 723 students in 2018 to 611 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.
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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
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 NORTH MIAMI
- NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,748 students
- DAVID LAWRENCE JR. K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,246 students
- NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 664 students
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 566 students
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTERElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 566
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 308
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 664
- NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,748
- NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 724
- ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY?
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY serve?
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY?
At W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 25% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY?
W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.