Summary and Overall Rating
Jack D Gordon Panther Primary serves children in PreK through second grade in the Miami Gardens area. Enrollment is approximately 420 students with a student teacher ratio around sixteen to one. Academic outcomes are moderate: approximately fifty five percent proficiency in early math and fifty two percent proficiency in early literacy. Chronic absenteeism affects nearly thirty percent of students.
District policy requires staff to honor student chosen names and pronouns beginning in the earliest grades. Parents are not offered an opt out option for these identity protocols.
From a traditional or faith based perspective the school receives a rating of 3.5 out of 10. This reflects consistent academic supports but concerns over district identity policies and student attendance levels.