The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in Math. The lowest is 40% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Lorah Park Elementary School
Lorah Park Elementary sits on NW 31st Avenue in Miami, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The enrollment is small for an elementary school, with the largest clusters in grades three through five. The school draws a student body that is predominantly Black and Hispanic, and a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing it clearly in a high-need economic context. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in the records reviewed.
On Florida's state assessments, the picture is mixed and worth a parent's careful attention. In math, third graders perform at a rate that sits above half the class reaching proficiency, which is the stronger result across the tested grades. By fourth and fifth grade, math proficiency drops noticeably, with less than half of students meeting the standard. Reading and ELA results follow a similar pattern: third grade ELA proficiency is quite low, well under a third of students, while fourth and fifth grade ELA results recover to roughly half the class. Science, tested at fifth grade, falls in the same general range as upper-grade math. Across all subjects, these results sit below what many families might hope to see, and a parent would be well-served by asking the school directly about its intervention programs, how it tracks individual student progress, and what supports are in place for students who are behind grade level.
Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, stable, or declining. No comparison of Lorah Park against other schools in Miami-Dade was possible from the county-level data provided, because the comparison set was too small to yield a meaningful relative position. The school has no graduation rate, as it does not serve high school grades.
Program offerings were not reported in the data reviewed, so specialty tracks, enrichment programs, or any distinctive curricular focus could not be confirmed here. Families should ask the school directly.
The surrounding neighborhood sits within Miami's northwestern residential fabric, a dense urban setting that, like much of Miami, is very walkable. Miami as a whole is publicly reported as one of the more walkable large cities in the country, with access to transit including the Metrorail and Metromover systems and a growing pedestrian and cycling greenway network. The school's zip code carries a housing market where home values are above the statewide median and have dipped slightly year over year, while rents have ticked up. Affordability is a genuine constraint: the rent-to-income ratio in this area runs well above what financial guidance typically considers sustainable, and estimated monthly mortgage costs for a typical home would require a substantial household income to manage comfortably.
At the district level, Miami-Dade is experiencing real structural change. Enrollment has been falling for several years, and publicly reported coverage in spring 2026 described a proposal to close or consolidate up to nine schools across the district, with reconfigured grade structures under consideration. Families enrolling now should be aware that school assignments can shift, and it would be worth confirming with the district whether Lorah Park is among the schools under review. A voter-approved property tax surcharge, passed in 2022, is currently in effect through 2027, funding teacher pay and school safety staffing; it represents an ongoing cost for homeowners in the district. On cell phones, Miami-Dade took an education-based approach rather than a hard ban in 2024, though state legislation is moving toward a stricter statewide policy that would apply to all district schools.
Lorah Park is a small neighborhood elementary serving a high-need community in a major urban district that is itself navigating enrollment contraction and school reorganization. The academic results, as reported, are below mid-range and warrant direct follow-up with the school about the supports available to students.
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