The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Math. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Ojus Elementary School
Ojus Elementary sits on West Dixie Highway in the northeastern fringe of Miami, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school carries a sizable enrollment for an elementary campus, drawing a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with meaningful shares of white and Black students as well. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school roughly at the midpoint economically, though data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what we received.
On Florida's FAST assessments, math results across the tested grades are the relative strength here. Third graders score solidly, and fifth graders are close behind, while fourth grade comes in somewhat lower. Reading and language arts tell a different story: proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grade land in the mid-fifties, meaning roughly half of students are testing below grade level in ELA. The fifth-grade science assessment shows the widest gap, with fewer than half of students reaching proficiency. Parents who want to probe these patterns further would do well to ask the school about its literacy and science supports directly. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers are moving up or down.
Because the school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected given the grade band.
The comparison framework available here looks at performance relative to districts in Miami-Dade County, but the cohort was too small for the proficiency index comparison to be applied, and chronic absenteeism data was not reported, so no neighbor-relative positioning is possible from the data provided.
The neighborhood sits at the northern end of Miami proper, well outside the dense, walkable core that defines downtown and Brickell. The surrounding area is a mix of suburban commercial and residential uses. Publicly reported data shows Miami overall is quite walkable by city standards, with a transit infrastructure including Metrorail and the free Metromover that are anchored in central Miami, though the school's location near the county's northern boundary means families are more car-dependent than residents closer to downtown would be.
Housing in the zip code around Ojus has been meaningfully more expensive than both the Florida state median and the national median, though prices have moved down noticeably year over year. Rents in the area are also elevated relative to national norms, and the estimated carrying cost of ownership on an average local home runs well above what national median incomes would comfortably support. For families relocating to this part of Miami-Dade, the housing picture warrants attention.
Two district-level developments matter for anyone enrolling a child now. Miami-Dade passed a property-tax referendum in late 2022 that raised the school millage rate, funding teacher pay and campus security staffing. That higher rate runs through 2027, adding ongoing cost for homeowners. The more immediate concern is enrollment: the district has been declining sharply, and in spring 2026 publicly proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across all three regions of the county, with some campuses reconfigured into new grade structures. Families considering Ojus Elementary should confirm its status with the district directly, since boundary and assignment changes remain possible before the next school year.
A statewide cell phone policy is also working its way through Florida's legislature, with a requirement for districts to implement a school-day restriction by the end of 2026. Miami-Dade had initially focused on parental education rather than outright restriction, but the state-level mandate would supersede local discretion.
Programs data was not available for this school, so electives, enrichment offerings, and specialized support structures could not be assessed here.
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