The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in Math. The lowest is 48% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on North Miami Elementary School
North Miami Elementary School sits on NE 145th Street in North Miami, a culturally diverse suburban city in northeast Miami-Dade County, roughly ten miles north of downtown Miami. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the district that also encompasses a large swath of South Florida.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller Hispanic population and very small numbers of students from other backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school in a higher-need economic context by any measure. Data on English learner enrollment and students with individualized education programs were not available in what was provided.
On Florida's state assessments, the picture varies by grade and subject. Third-grade math stands out as a genuine strength, with the large majority of students reaching proficiency on the FAST Math assessment. Fourth and fifth grade math, and fifth-grade science, show solid results as well, each with roughly three in five students proficient. Reading and language arts tell a different story. Third-grade ELA proficiency sits around half of students, and fourth grade drops meaningfully below that, with fifth grade recovering somewhat. A parent would reasonably want to ask the school directly what reading supports are in place, particularly for the middle elementary grades where the ELA numbers are softer. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, stable, or declining.
No program offerings data was included in what was provided, so details about enrichment, intervention, or specialty programming at this campus are not available here.
The school belongs to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, a very large urban district that is navigating meaningful headwinds. Enrollment across the district has declined substantially, and publicly reported news indicates the district proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools in spring 2026 to respond to that trend. Families moving to North Miami should be aware that school assignments, grade configurations, and even which campus a child attends could shift, and it is worth confirming directly with the district whether North Miami Elementary is among schools under review. In the fall 2022 cycle, Miami-Dade voters approved a property-tax referendum to fund teacher compensation and school safety staffing; that rate is set to expire unless renewed in 2027, which is a live question for district budgeting going forward.
North Miami itself is in an active period of growth and change. The Biscayne Boulevard corridor is seeing substantial high-rise residential development, anchored by a large master-planned community near NE 151st Street. That development pace has divided residents, with publicly reported litigation over zoning practices. Housing values in the zip code are well above the Florida statewide median and have edged slightly downward year over year, while rents remain elevated relative to typical incomes, making affordability a genuine constraint. The rent-to-income ratio in the area runs high enough that it merits attention for families weighing whether to rent or buy. The city is more accessible price-wise than Miami Beach or downtown Miami, but it is not an inexpensive market.
Civic life in North Miami includes the Museum of Contemporary Art, Oleta River State Park along Biscayne Bay, a public library, and a walkable corridor along NE 125th Street with local dining and shops. Transit options exist through Miami-Dade bus routes and a local shuttle, though much of the city still requires a car for most daily needs.
Comparison data against other Miami-Dade County districts was not usable here because the available cohort was too small to produce a meaningful index, so no positioning of this school's proficiency against county peers is possible from what was provided. Chronic absenteeism and graduation data do not apply to an elementary school.
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