The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in Math. The lowest is 62% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Village Green Elementary School
Village Green Elementary sits on the southwestern edge of Miami, in a zip code where home values run well above state and national medians. The housing market here skews toward ownership costs that place a significant strain on household budgets, and rents in the area have climbed noticeably over the past year. Families considering a move here should factor in that this is one of the more expensive corners of a county that is itself more expensive than most of Florida.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, which means no high school graduation rate applies here. State testing in Florida covers grades three and up for reading and math, and grade five for science, so younger grades are outside those assessments by design.
On the Florida statewide assessments, Village Green's results across grades three through five are mixed and worth looking at carefully. Fourth grade stands out: the vast majority of fourth graders tested as proficient in math, a strong result by any measure. Reading in fourth grade was also solid, with most students reaching proficiency. Third and fifth grade results in both math and reading are more modest, with roughly half to about two-thirds of students reaching proficiency depending on the subject and grade. Science results at fifth grade are in a similar range. A parent who wants to understand whether these patterns reflect a particular cohort, a curriculum emphasis, or something the school is actively working on would do well to ask directly.
The student body is almost entirely Hispanic, with nearly all enrolled students identifying that way. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which points to a community where many families are navigating real economic pressure. Data on English learner enrollment and students receiving special education services was not available in what we reviewed.
The enrollment is small for an elementary school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade, and the distribution across grade levels is uneven, with the largest cohort in pre-K. Whether that reflects the school's programming emphasis or enrollment trends in the surrounding neighborhood, the data does not say clearly.
The district context matters for any family settling here. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is experiencing sustained enrollment declines, and the district has publicly proposed closing or consolidating a cluster of schools across all three of its geographic regions, with boundary changes and grade-structure reconfigurations under active consideration. Families moving in should ask specifically about Village Green's status in any such process, because the possibility of reassignment to a reconfigured school is real and not hypothetical. A tax referendum passed by voters in late 2022 funds teacher pay and campus security through a property-tax levy that expires in the late 2020s unless renewed, an ongoing cost for homeowners and a funding source the district depends on for compensation.
Miami itself is a large, dense, and differentiated city. The neighborhood around Village Green's address on SW 34th Street sits west of the city's more transit-rich core, in a part of Miami that is largely residential and car-dependent compared to downtown or Little Havana. Publicly reported walkability data puts the city overall as quite walkable, but that designation leans heavily on the urban core; the southwestern residential corridors where this school sits have a different texture. Miami's major employers span government, health care, education, and tourism, with Miami-Dade County Public Schools itself among the largest single employers in the county.
The school has no magnet designation and no program information was available in what we reviewed. Enrollment trends at the county level are a real variable for any family: publicly reported data shows Miami-Dade lost a notable share of its school-age population in the most recent year, linked in part to shifts in immigration patterns. That broader context is worth holding alongside any decision about where to enroll.
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