📍 15000 Bay Vista Blvd, North Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33181
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in North Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 1,282 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center enrolls 1,282 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 69 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 5.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 764 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 397 | 31% |
| White | 72 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 22 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
701 of the school's 1,282 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 646 qualify for free lunch and 55 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
David Lawrence Jr. 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 38, state house district 100.
David Lawrence Jr. 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 1,282 students, David Lawrence Jr. 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: Suburb - Large
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