The top reported proficiency rate is 84% in Math. The lowest is 67% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on David Fairchild Elementary School
David Fairchild Elementary sits on SW 45th Street in Miami, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its enrollment is moderate for a K-5 school in a large urban district, with students spread fairly evenly across grade levels. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a smaller share of white students and smaller shares of Black and Asian students. The proportion of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is notably low relative to what one typically sees in Miami-Dade schools, suggesting the surrounding neighborhood skews toward middle- and higher-income families.
On Florida's state assessments, the school's academic results are a clear strength. Math proficiency is high across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with the fourth-grade cohort reaching an especially strong result. Reading proficiency in the third through fifth grades runs in the solid-to-strong range across all tested years. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits somewhat lower than the math results but still comes in well above what might be described as a threshold of concern. Taken together, these are the kinds of proficiency rates that place a school meaningfully ahead of many Miami-Dade schools, and parents looking for strong elementary academic outcomes will find encouragement here. Year-over-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to characterize whether results are rising or flat.
Demographic data on special-education status and English learner identification were not reported, which means parents of children with IEPs or language-support needs may want to ask the school directly about those services and caseloads.
The comparison framework available for this school covers districts in Miami-Dade County, but the county's district count in the comparison set is very small, so the proficiency comparison and chronic absenteeism comparison were not produced as meaningful relative positions. The graduation rate does not apply here, as the school serves only elementary grades.
The neighborhood around the school sits in a part of Miami where housing values are substantially above both the state and national medians, and rents run high relative to income. Both home prices and rents have edged slightly downward year over year at the time of this writing, though the market remains expensive. Families considering a move to be in this school's attendance boundary are looking at a competitive housing market, and the monthly mortgage burden at current rates is considerable relative to national benchmarks.
Miami itself is a large, dense, and culturally layered city. The area around SW 45th Street falls within reach of Coral Way's tree-lined residential streets and the broader network of Miami neighborhoods that blend Latin American and Caribbean cultural influence into daily commercial and civic life. The city's transit infrastructure, including Metrorail and the free downtown Metromover, serves commuters, though the school's location in the southwestern residential part of the city means car use remains common for most daily errands in that zone.
Two district-level developments are worth knowing. Miami-Dade Public Schools is experiencing a sustained enrollment decline, and the district has publicly proposed closing or consolidating up to a handful of schools across its regions, with reconfigured grade structures possible. Families moving in should check whether attendance boundaries in the area around David Fairchild are under any active review. Separately, a voter-approved school property-tax levy passed in 2022 is currently funding teacher pay and campus safety; it is set to expire in 2027 unless renewed, which could affect future district resources and is worth tracking for families who own property in the district. A statewide cell phone policy is also being developed for Florida schools, which will eventually govern classroom phone use district-wide.
Program details for David Fairchild specifically were not available in the data, so questions about enrichment offerings, after-school programs, or any specialized curriculum should go directly to the school.
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