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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003046
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12345 SW 18TH TER, MIAMI, FL 33175 · (305) 222-8150 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
270 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
61.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 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
490
-7 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.0:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
98%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, caters to 490 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.6%; actual is 68.0%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports 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. WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 62.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 497 students in 2018 to 490 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.
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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 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
- W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 507
- ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 459
- GREENGLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 293
- VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 264
- JOE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 410
- DR. CARLOS J. FINLAY ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Is WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.