Archcreek Elementary School, North Miami FL

Original Research by School Decision on Archcreek Elementary School

Archcreek Elementary sits on NE 137th Street in North Miami, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as a traditional public school within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its enrollment is in a range typical for an elementary school of its grade span, and the student body reflects the surrounding neighborhood closely: the large majority of students are Black, with a substantial Hispanic population, and relatively few students identify as white or Asian. A substantial share of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a community where economic resources are constrained for many families. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in what was provided.

On Florida's state assessments, the picture is mixed. Math is the clearer strength: third and fifth graders both reached proficiency at rates that sit comfortably above the halfway mark, and fourth grade math was notably stronger still. ELA results are softer, with third and fourth grade reading proficiency rates hovering just around half of students tested, and fifth grade reading modestly higher. The fifth-grade science assessment, which uses Florida's statewide science measure, showed fewer than half of students scoring proficient. Taken together, math appears to be a relative area of strength here, while ELA and science are areas where a parent may want to ask the school directly about instructional supports and how individual students are progressing. Year-over-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to characterize whether results are improving.

No program offerings data was provided for Archcreek, so enrichment programs, specialized curricula, or extracurriculars cannot be described here. The school does not serve middle or high school grades, so graduation rates and AP or dual-enrollment access are not applicable measures.

The surrounding North Miami community is a culturally layered, largely Caribbean and Haitian-influenced city in northeast Miami-Dade, meaningfully more affordable than Miami Beach or downtown Miami, though the housing market near the school's zip code shows home values well above the statewide median. Rents are also high relative to typical household incomes nationally, and the rent-to-income ratio in the area is stretched. The city is in an active development period, anchored most visibly by a large master-planned mixed-use development along Biscayne Boulevard and several new high-rise residential buildings permitted or under construction. Some residents have pushed back on the pace and scale of that growth through litigation over zoning practices, publicly reported. For a family considering buying nearby, home values in the zip code have been roughly flat to slightly down year over year, which is worth watching.

At the district level, Miami-Dade voters approved a property tax increase in late 2022 to support teacher pay and campus safety, and that rate holds through 2027, adding to the carrying cost for homeowners. More immediately relevant for families choosing a school: the district is experiencing sustained enrollment decline and has proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools district-wide heading into the next school year, with boundary changes and restructured grade configurations possible across all three regional zones. Families new to North Miami should ask specifically whether Archcreek's attendance boundaries or operational status is affected by that process before making a housing or enrollment decision. A statewide cell phone policy requiring restrictions through the school day is also moving through the Florida legislature, with a district-wide policy required by the end of 2026.

The comparison data available for positioning Archcreek against Miami-Dade County's other districts was too limited to yield a reliable relative standing on proficiency, absenteeism, or other measures, so that context is left out rather than estimated.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 69% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 68% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 60% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 59% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 60% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 56% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income54%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income50%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income56%Higher-income53%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income61%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income72%Higher-income71%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income58%Higher-income68%11 pp gap