Summary and Overall Rating

Joella C. Good Elementary serves PreK through Fifth Grade in Miami near the West Little River area. Enrollment is approximately four hundred fifty students with an average class size around sixteen. Academic performance is moderate with math proficiency near sixty percent and reading proficiency around fifty six percent.

The school faces high chronic absenteeism affecting around thirty one percent of students, which diminishes academic progress. District policy requires staff to respect student chosen names and pronouns from the earliest grades, without offering parents an opt out option.

From a traditional or faith based perspective, the school receives a rating of 3.5 out of 10, due to strong academic programs balanced by attendance concerns and district identity policies that may clash with some family values.