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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER administration to hear?
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Enrollment
864
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000533
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER
1550 SW 6TH ST, HOMESTEAD, FL 33030 · (305) 248-0812 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
435 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
35%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
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER→SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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
24.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 33.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER this school | 864 | 50.3% | 34.6% |
| DR. EDWARD L. WHIGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 731 | 53.4% | 58.9% |
| HIVE PREPARATORY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 854 | 51.3% | 87.0% |
| JOELLA C. GOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 941 | 52.4% | 72.6% |
| NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT DAVENPORT | 977 | 51.7% | 44.7% |
| THE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WATERSTONE HOMESTEAD | 974 | 52.3% | 74.0% |
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 WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,993 of 2,136 | #268 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,759 of 2,149 ▲ 243 | #254 of 279 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #2,121 of 2,149 ▲ 19 | #274 of 279 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #352 of 2,267 | #45 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,754 of 2,077 | #215 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #1,756 of 2,108 | #91 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #1,292 of 2,188 | #180 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #409 of 621 | #44 of 73 |
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
864
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,213
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 864 | 47 | 18.4:1 | 50% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 826 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 53% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 851 | 48 | 17.7:1 | 61% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 854 | 61 | 14.0:1 | 96% (823) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 88% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 99% (765) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 99% (625) |
| 2000-01 | 981 | 64 | 15.3:1 | 99% (969) |
| 1990-91 | 1,213 | 73 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER.
About WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER is a medium-sized elementary school in HOMESTEAD, Florida, one of the schools in MIAMI-DADE. The school's enrollment of 864 students covers pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
MIAMI-DADE has 335,685 students in 527 schools, and WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER is one of those schools.
At 78%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER combined. The remaining students are 21% Black. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
allk12 grades WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER an F. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER are 21.3 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.6%, compared with a predicted 55.9%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Florida.
Within Miami-Dade County, median household income is about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, with a combined enrollment of about 335,817.
Nearby, LAURA C. SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles away. WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 34.6% versus a 47.4% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 864, close to the 854 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.0:1 to 18.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- LAURA C. SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 498
- FLORIDA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 535
- MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 545
- HOMESTEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 545
- NEVA KING COOPER EDUCATIONAL CENTER1.2 mi · 86
- Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead1.3 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTERWhat is the total enrollment at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER?
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER enrolls approximately 864 students in grades PK-08.
Is WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER?
At WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER, the student body is approximately 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is WEST HOMESTEAD K-8 CENTER public or private?
WEST HOMESTEAD 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.