Summary
Carol City Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Miami Gardens, Florida, with 301 students. The school is part of the Miami-Dade school district, which is ranked 22nd out of 67 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, Carol City Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Florida elementary schools, with a ranking between 1200-2200 out of around 2200 schools, and has received 1-2 stars from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade.
The school faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 28.2% to 42.0% over the past few years, which are significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Carol City Elementary lags behind the district and state averages across nearly all grade levels and subjects on the FAST and Statewide Science assessments. For example, in 2024-2025, only 29% of 5th graders were proficient in ELA and 19% were proficient in Math, compared to 60% and 62% respectively for the district. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 78.74% to 90.45% over the past few years, which is much higher than the surrounding schools.
Despite spending between $14,914 to $16,206 per student, which is higher than the spending at most nearby schools, and having a student-teacher ratio ranging from 17.4 to 25.0, which is also higher than the ratios at the nearby schools, Carol City Elementary is producing much worse academic outcomes than its neighbors, such as Charles David Wyche Junior Elementary School, Golden Glades Elementary School, and Brentwood Elementary School. Addressing the school's challenges, particularly the high chronic absenteeism rates and systemic academic underperformance, will require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improve outcomes for the students.
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