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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
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
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
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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
4%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.
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 78.1% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 490 | 55.1% | 68.0% |
| SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 463 | 55.5% | 49.6% |
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 514 | 53.7% | 70.2% |
| SEMINOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 508 | 56.3% | 64.3% |
| SYLVANIA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 551 | 55.4% | 60.9% |
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 585 | 56.2% | 45.7% |
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 WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #529 of 2,136 | #79 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #610 of 2,149 ▼ 324 | #105 of 279 ▼ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #782 of 2,149 ▼ 247 | #119 of 279 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #1,460 of 2,267 | #154 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #241 of 2,077 | #23 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.6% | #2,086 of 2,108 | #247 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #1,084 of 2,188 | #143 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #1,309 of 1,374 | #184 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
490
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-56% since 2000-01, when it was 1,114
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 490 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 55% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 60% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 71% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 82% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 70% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 82% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 74% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 1,114 | 61 | 18.3:1 | 56% (622) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. It reports enrollment of 490 students in pre-K through 5.
MIAMI-DADE is the local district for WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 527 schools with 335,685 students.
Hispanic students are 98% of those enrolled at WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In Miami-Dade County overall, about 69% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 4, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 83% of Florida public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 68.0%, is 14.4 points above the 53.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Florida schools.
In Miami-Dade County, home to about 2,738,356 people, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Miami-Dade County with 560 other public schools.
W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.8 miles from WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, WESLEY MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 490, up from 457 in 2020-21.
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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
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- 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.