Summary and Overall Rating

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School serves students from PreK through Fifth Grade in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami. It enrolls approximately 280 students, with a student teacher ratio of roughly fourteen to one. Academic performance is below district average, with proficiency scores near 27 percent in math and 22 percent in reading.

District guidelines require staff to respect student chosen names and pronouns beginning in early grades. Parents are not provided an option to opt out of these practices.

From a traditional or faith based perspective the school receives a rating of 3 out of 10, reflecting low academic outcomes, high poverty levels, and district wide identity policies that may not align with every family’s values.