Summary and Overall Rating

Virginia A. Boone/Highland Oaks Elementary School serves students from PreK through Fifth Grade in North Miami Beach, Florida. The school enrolls approximately 626 students, with a student-teacher ratio of about 18 to 1. Academic performance is above state averages, with around 63 percent proficiency in math and 68 percent proficiency 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.

The school offers a Gifted and Talented program and a Cambridge International curriculum. However, chronic absenteeism is a concern, and district identity policies may raise issues for families with traditional values. From a traditional or faith-based perspective, the school earns a rating of 6 out of 10, reflecting academic strengths balanced by concerns regarding attendance and identity policies.