The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in Math. The lowest is 44% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Redland Elementary School
Redland Elementary sits on SW 162nd Avenue in Homestead, at the southern edge of Miami-Dade County, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school enrolls a sizeable number of students for an elementary campus, with the largest concentrations in the middle and upper elementary grades. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, reflecting the demographics of the surrounding Homestead community, and a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a large share of families face economic constraints. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
On Florida's state assessments, Redland's results show meaningful variation across grades and subjects. Third-grade math is the school's clearest strength in the numbers, with well over half of students scoring proficient, a solid outcome. Reading in third grade clears the majority mark as well. Fifth-grade science comes in just under half proficient. But fourth grade is where the picture softens noticeably: both math and ELA proficiency in that grade fall well below half, and fourth-grade ELA is the lowest result across all tested grades and subjects. Fifth-grade ELA also sits below half. These patterns are worth a conversation with school staff, particularly for families whose children are entering or currently in the middle elementary years. Year-over-year trend data was not available, so whether scores are improving, declining, or holding steady cannot be determined from what was provided.
The school operates as a regular public elementary within Miami-Dade County Public Schools, with no charter or magnet designation. Program offerings were not listed in the data provided, so specifics about enrichment, arts, or intervention supports are a gap a parent would want to fill by contacting the school directly.
The broader district context matters for families considering a move to the area. Miami-Dade is managing sustained enrollment declines, and in early 2026 publicly proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across the district's three regions, with reconfigured grade structures under consideration. Families settling in Homestead should ask directly whether Redland's attendance boundaries or grade configuration could be affected, as the school board was expected to vote on these changes around mid-2026. A voter-approved property tax increase, tied to teacher pay and school safety staffing, also continues to carry a direct annual cost for homeowners in the county through 2027.
Homestead itself has been growing steadily for roughly two decades. The area around Redland, toward the western edge of the city near agricultural land, sits in one of Homestead's more spread-out, car-dependent corridors. New master-planned residential communities continue to take shape across the city, with active single-family and townhome construction from national builders, and denser workforce and condo proposals appearing downtown. Home values in the zip code are substantially above both the Florida and national medians, which is a meaningful consideration given the economic profile of many Redland families. Rent data for the immediate area was not available.
The city's downtown, a few miles from the school's address, has been through a substantial public investment phase, adding a modern public library and entertainment complex, a transit hub, and streetscape improvements along the historic commercial corridor. Civic life concentrates there, including Losner Park and the Seminole Theatre, and the city operates a trolley connecting neighborhoods to transit, hospitals, and schools. Major employers in the broader area include Homestead Hospital, the Air Reserve Base, Turkey Point, and Homestead-Miami Speedway, alongside agriculture and a growing retail and services sector.
For a family weighing Redland, the central academic question is the performance gap in the middle elementary years, particularly fourth grade, which a parent may want to explore further with school staff to understand what supports are in place. The school's third-grade results are more encouraging, and the campus serves a large, predominantly Hispanic, economically mixed community in a part of Homestead that reads as quiet and semi-rural in character. Civil rights data was not available in what was provided.
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