The top reported proficiency rate is 80% in Math. The lowest is 66% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Kendale Elementary School
Kendale Elementary sits on the southwest edge of Miami, in the zip code that borders Kendall, and draws from a neighborhood that sits well outside the city's dense urban core. Housing in this part of Miami runs substantially above Florida state and national medians, and rents have edged slightly downward in the most recent data. Buyers should expect a steep price-to-income ratio; the monthly carrying cost of a home here is well above what most national benchmarks would consider affordable. Families renting face a rent burden that also runs high relative to income. That context matters for anyone weighing a move to be in the school's zone.
Kendale is a regular public elementary serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Enrollment is on the small-to-mid side for an elementary school of this grade band. A large majority of students are Hispanic, reflecting the strongly Latino character of this part of Miami-Dade. Just over two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, meaning a substantial share of families fall below income thresholds while a majority do not. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs were not available in the data provided, so a parent interested in those support structures should ask the school directly.
On Florida's FAST assessments, the school shows a clear gradient. Third-grade math proficiency is strong, among the higher rates you would find across Florida elementary schools. Fourth-grade math remains solid. By fifth grade, math proficiency dips to a level that is still above average by national standards but represents a meaningful drop from where third graders were performing. ELA follows a similar, though somewhat flatter, pattern: third-grade reading is solid and fourth and fifth grades hold at a comparable level to each other, neither notably weak nor as strong as the third-grade math picture. Fifth-grade science proficiency came in at roughly two-thirds of students meeting the standard, which is worth tracking. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. A parent may want to ask the school about how it supports students as they move through the upper elementary grades, where the gap appears.
The school does not serve middle or high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or AP or dual-enrollment context relevant here.
The neighbor comparison set for Miami-Dade contains only a small number of districts, which means the data did not support a meaningful statistical position relative to peers. Chronic absenteeism and attendance data were also not available.
At the district level, two developments are worth tracking. Miami-Dade voters approved a property-tax increase a few years ago to fund teacher pay and school safety; that levy is publicly reported to expire in 2027 without renewal, so families buying in the zone are paying into that cost now and may see it revisited. More immediately pressing: the district is publicly reported to be considering closing or consolidating up to nine schools across its regions in response to a substantial enrollment decline that accelerated in the most recent school year. Kendale itself is not named in available data as one of the schools proposed for closure, but boundary changes are a live possibility in the district at large, and families moving into a zone should confirm current assignment status before committing.
Miami itself, as a city, offers considerable infrastructure around this school's general region. The Metrorail's southern arm runs through the Kendall corridor, providing access to downtown and medical center employment hubs without a car. The library system spans more than fifty branches across the county. The school's immediate neighborhood is not the walkable urban core of Brickell or Little Havana, but the regional amenities of a large metro are accessible.
Programs information was not available for Kendale specifically. For families weighing this school, the academic picture is genuinely strong at the early grades and worth examining more carefully at the fifth-grade level, particularly in math and science.
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