📍 17661 Sw 117th Ave, Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33177
Miami Heights Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 644 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 36% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Miami Heights Elementary School enrolls 644 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Black or African American and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 565 | 88% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 9.2% |
| White | 10 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
429 of the school's 644 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 409 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Miami Heights Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 118.
Miami Heights Elementary School 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 644 students, Miami Heights Elementary School is close to the district average of about 615 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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