📍 9300 Sw 79th Ave, Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33156
Kenwood K-8 Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 844 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kenwood K-8 Center enrolls 844 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 6.9% White and 2.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 732 | 87% |
| White | 58 | 6.9% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 22 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
371 of the school's 844 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 328 qualify for free lunch and 43 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kenwood K-8 Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 40, state house district 115.
Kenwood K-8 Center is one of 542 schools in MIAMI-DADE, based in MIAMI, Florida. The district serves 333,233 students district-wide and employs 16,606 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 844 students, Kenwood K-8 Center is larger than the district average of about 615 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small