Everglades K-8 Center, Miami FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Everglades K-8 Center

Everglades K-8 Center sits on SW 16th Street in Miami, serving children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school is overwhelmingly Hispanic in its student composition, reflecting the surrounding neighborhood, and a majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in the moderate-to-high economic need range for its district context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed.

On state assessments, the picture is mixed but generally solid relative to what many urban schools serving similar demographics produce. Math proficiency across tested grades runs from the upper fifties to the mid-seventies, with fourth grade standing out as a particular high point. ELA proficiency is somewhat lower than math at most grade levels, ranging from the low fifties in third grade up through the mid-sixties in fifth and sixth grade, with the upper grades clustered in the low-to-mid sixties. Science assessments in fifth and eighth grade both land in the mid-to-upper sixties, which is respectable. The strongest reading results appear in the middle elementary years, while third grade ELA is the area where a parent may want to ask the school directly about early literacy supports in place. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding, or slipping.

No information on programs, extracurriculars, staffing ratios, attendance patterns, or discipline practices was available from the data we reviewed, which limits how fully a parent can picture the day-to-day environment at the school. A visit and conversation with the principal would fill those gaps.

The broader Miami-Dade district context matters for any family enrolling here. The district is navigating a sustained enrollment decline that has pushed it to propose closing or consolidating multiple schools across all three of its regions, with new configurations including K-8, 6-12, and K-12 campuses under discussion. Families moving into the area should be aware that attendance boundaries are actively being reconsidered, and school assignments could shift. Voters approved a property-tax measure to fund teacher pay and school safety, adding an ongoing cost for homeowners that is set to expire unless renewed.

The surrounding neighborhood on Miami's west side is largely residential and walkable by Miami standards, part of a city that publicly reports a strong overall walkability rating, though conditions vary block by block. Home values near the school are well above both the state and national medians, and rents in the zip code consume a substantial share of a typical household's income, with values having edged slightly downward over the past year. The Miami housing market in this zip code is expensive relative to most of Florida, and the gap between owning and renting is notably compressed. Miami as a whole is adding high-rise residential inventory downtown and in Brickell and Edgewater, while the county's overall population showed a modest decline in the most recent period, driven partly by reduced immigration flows.

For a family already in the neighborhood, Everglades K-8 offers the convenience of a single campus from pre-K through middle school, avoiding a secondary school transition until high school. Academic results are generally in a competitive range for the urban Miami context, with math showing more strength than reading in the early grades. The school serves a student body that is nearly entirely Hispanic and economically mixed, which will feel familiar to many families in this part of Miami and worth considering for others. The gaps in available data, particularly around special education services, English learner support, and program offerings, are real, and parents with children who may need those services should ask the school directly before enrolling.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 69% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 474%

School 74% · District 68% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 64% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 54% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 60% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 60% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 59% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 60% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 667%

School 67% · District 63% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 60% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 56% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 46% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income44%Higher-income62%17 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income65%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income66%Higher-income61%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income76%Higher-income51%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income65%Higher-income54%11 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income65%Higher-income57%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income71%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income82%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income68%Higher-income57%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income54%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income66%Higher-income59%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income73%Higher-income63%10 pp gap