The top reported proficiency rate is 79% in Science. The lowest is 75% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Virginia a Boone-highland Oaks School
Virginia A. Boone-Highland Oaks School is a public elementary school in Miami's far northeast corner, near the Aventura border, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. It draws a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with substantial shares of white and Black students as well, reflecting the multiethnic character of Miami-Dade broadly. Roughly a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a meaningful share though below the district's overall concentration of economic need. Data on English learner enrollment and students receiving special education services were not available in the records reviewed.
On state assessments, the school's academic results stand out as genuinely strong for an elementary school in a large urban district. Florida's FAST assessment scores across third, fourth, and fifth grades show the school performing well in math, with third graders especially strong. Reading and ELA results are solid across the board, and fifth-grade science results are similarly high. Collectively, proficiency rates in every tested subject and grade land in a range that most parents would consider well above average. A direct comparison against other county districts was not possible because the comparison pool was too small to produce a reliable ranking, so these results should be read on their own terms and against Florida state averages, where they compare favorably.
The school itself sits in a zip code where home values are well above both the Florida median and the national median, making the surrounding neighborhood one of the higher-priced parts of Miami. Rents in the area are also elevated, with rent consuming a high share of a typical household's income. Home values in this zip code have pulled back moderately from recent peaks, as has the county's real estate market more broadly, though prices remain well above most of the state. Families renting or buying here are entering one of Miami's more expensive submarkets.
Miami as a whole is a large, dense city with very uneven neighborhood textures. The school's address on NE 24th Avenue places it in a part of the city that functions more like a quiet residential edge community than the high-rise corridors of Brickell or Edgewater. The broader city offers a well-developed transit network, including Metrorail and the free Metromover downtown, and a walkability score considered very high for a Sun Belt city, though walkability closer to the school's location likely differs from the downtown figures. Miami's economy is anchored by government, health care, and tourism, with major institutions including Jackson Health System, Baptist Health South Florida, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools itself among the area's largest employers.
Two district-level developments warrant attention from any family moving to Miami-Dade. First, the district is publicly reported to be managing a sustained enrollment decline, and in spring of this year it proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across all three regions, with some campuses being reconfigured into new grade structures such as K-8 or K-12 schools. Virginia A. Boone-Highland Oaks is not reported among those proposed for closure, but the broader boundary and configuration changes mean that school assignments elsewhere in the district remain in flux, and families new to the area should confirm current zoning directly with the district before settling on a home address. Second, voters approved a property-tax increase in late 2022 to fund teacher pay and school safety staffing; that levy is set to expire in 2027 unless renewed, and homeowners should factor this into their cost picture.
Multi-year academic trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this record to say whether the school's strong current results represent an upward climb, a stable pattern, or a recent peak. A parent curious about trajectory would be well served asking the school directly for historical context. Program offerings were also not listed in the data available, so details about enrichment, arts, or language programs cannot be characterized here.
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