The top reported proficiency rate is 84% in Math. The lowest is 69% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elem
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary sits in a residential stretch of western Miami, in the zip code along SW 2nd Street, and serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school draws from a neighborhood that is almost entirely Hispanic, with very small numbers of students from other backgrounds. About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a mixed economic context, neither a high-poverty campus nor a predominantly affluent one. Data on English learner rates and special education populations was not available in the payload.
On academic performance, the school turns in a notably strong math picture. Across third, fourth, and fifth grade on Florida's FAST Math assessment, proficiency rates run from solid to genuinely high, with fifth graders performing particularly well. The pattern is consistent across all three tested grades. Science proficiency at fifth grade, measured by the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, is also strong, at a level that compares favorably against typical state outcomes. ELA is the softer spot. Third and fourth grade reading and writing proficiency on FAST ELA runs well below the school's math results, with fourth grade the weakest point. Fifth grade recovers meaningfully but still trails math by a visible margin. Parents whose children are developing as readers may want to ask the school directly about literacy supports and how individual progress is monitored across the elementary years. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether ELA performance has been improving, holding steady, or declining.
Because this is a pre-K through fifth grade school, there are no graduation rates, AP courses, or secondary pathway metrics to report. Those measures simply do not apply to this grade band.
The neighborhood sits in a part of Miami where home values are well above the Florida state median and substantially above the national median. Rents in the same zip code are also elevated, and rent as a share of income runs high by national standards, reflecting a Miami-wide affordability pressure that affects most families looking to establish roots here. The housing market has been essentially flat on a year-over-year basis rather than appreciating.
Miami itself is a large, dense urban city built around strongly differentiated neighborhoods. The area around the school is residential and west of the city's more commercially intense downtown and Brickell corridors, which are connected by an elevated rail system and, in the core, a free circulator. Street life and walkability are strong in Miami generally, though they vary significantly by neighborhood. Major employers span government, healthcare anchored by systems like Baptist Health South Florida and Jackson Health System, higher education through the University of Miami and Florida International University, and a major aviation hub at Miami International Airport. Publicly reported data indicates Miami-Dade County experienced a notable population decline from mid-2024 to mid-2025, attributed in part to an immigration slowdown.
That enrollment decline is directly relevant to families considering this school. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been managing a sustained drop in student enrollment, and in spring 2026 the district publicly proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across the system, with reconfigured grade structures, including potential new K-8 and K-12 configurations, under consideration. A family moving into this part of Miami should confirm that Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary's boundaries and operational status remain unchanged before making housing decisions, as attendance boundaries and school configurations may shift. The district's school board was publicly reported to be moving toward a vote on these changes by mid-2026.
On the funding side, Miami-Dade voters approved a property tax measure in late 2022 to support teacher pay and school safety staffing. That levy is set to expire in 2027 unless voters renew it, which is a live question for the district's budget and compensation picture going forward.
The neighbor comparison data was not usable for this school given how few districts are in the Miami-Dade County comparison set, so no relative positioning against county peers is available here.
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