WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 11990 NW 92ND AVE, in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida, WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large primary school that works with 1,128 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by MIAMI-DADE. That puts it 87% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 61.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 1,231 students in 2018 to 1,128 in 2025.

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