ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 13137 SW 26TH ST, in MIAMI, Florida, ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit primary school that educates 459 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 63.6%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is W. R. THOMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZORA NEALE HURSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 23%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.