Summary and Overall Rating
Lenora B Smith Elementary School serves PreK through Fifth Grade in Miami’s Liberty City area. The school enrolls approximately 328 students with a student teacher ratio of about fourteen to one. Academic performance is below state average, with roughly 42 percent proficiency in math and 27 percent in reading, placing the school in the bottom quarter statewide. Chronic absenteeism affects over 60 percent of students based on recent school improvement planning data.
From a traditional or faith based viewpoint the school receives a rating of 2.5 out of 10, given its low academic outcomes, attendance concerns, and district identity policies that may not align with all families.