The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Math. The lowest is 47% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Olympia Heights Elementary School
Olympia Heights Elementary sits in the southwestern reaches of Miami, a neighborhood of the city that carries a distinctly different texture from the high-rises of Brickell or the galleries of Wynwood. The surrounding area is residential and predominantly Hispanic, and the school reflects that character closely. Nearly the entire student body identifies as Hispanic, and a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, making this a school where economic need is a real part of the daily operating context. Data on English learner counts and students with IEPs were not available in the records reviewed, so parents whose children would draw on those services should ask the school directly about capacity and staffing.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that is expected given the grade band. State testing in Florida runs through the FAST assessment in ELA and math and a separate science assessment in grade five. The pattern of results across the 2024-25 school year is uneven. Fourth grade was the clear high point: most fourth graders tested proficient in both math and ELA, a genuinely strong outcome. Third grade was more moderate, with roughly three in five students reaching proficiency in each subject. Fifth grade was the softer end of the picture, with fewer than three in five students meeting the math bar and just over half in ELA. The grade five science result was below half. The variation between grade levels is wide enough that a parent may want to ask the school what is driving the differences, particularly the drop from fourth to fifth grade. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results reflect improvement, decline, or stability over time.
The comparison framework for Miami-Dade County found too few comparable districts to produce a meaningful position statement, so this school cannot be placed relative to county neighbors in this data set.
On the housing side, the zip code where Olympia Heights Elementary sits has home values well above both the Florida and national medians, and they are roughly flat year over year rather than rising. Rents have nudged down slightly as well. The estimated monthly carrying cost for a median-priced home in this zip, at current mortgage rates, is substantial, and rent-to-income ratios here run above what is generally considered affordable. Miami as a whole is classified as a very walkable city by publicly reported metrics, though walkability in the southwestern neighborhoods where this school sits tends to be lower than in the downtown core or Little Havana.
The parent district, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, is navigating a period of real uncertainty that families evaluating any school in the system should understand. Enrollment has been declining, and publicly reported accounts indicate the district was considering closing or consolidating up to nine schools as of spring 2026, across all three regional areas, with some reconfigured as K-8 or K-12 campuses. Families moving into the area should ask whether Olympia Heights' attendance boundaries or grade structure are among those under review, because a reassignment is a genuine possibility in the current climate. Separately, a voter-approved property tax increase from 2022, set at one mill, funds teacher pay and safety staffing; that levy is scheduled to expire in 2027 unless voters renew it, which is worth tracking for homeowners who will feel it in their tax bill. The district has also been working through a cellphone policy question, with state legislation moving toward a full school-day ban by the end of 2026 after Miami-Dade initially took a different path in 2024.
Program information for Olympia Heights was not available in the data reviewed, so any enrichment, language, or specialized offerings would need to be confirmed directly with the school or through Miami-Dade's district resources.
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