📍 3125 Nw 176th St, Opa Locka, Miami-Dade County, 33056
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Opa Locka, Miami-Dade County. The school has 296 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center enrolls 296 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 248 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 16% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
251 of the school's 296 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 243 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center 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 35, state house district 102.
Myrtle Grove 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 296 students, Myrtle Grove K-8 Center is smaller than 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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