Fairlawn Elementary, 444 SW 60th Ave.: Pre-K-5, 493 students (NCES 2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Fairlawn Elementary website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary maps and address points.

Fairlawn Elementary is at 444 SW 60th Ave. on Miami’s far west side in Flagami. Its zone runs north from SW Eighth Street to the Dolphin Expressway around SW 55th to 57th avenues. It earned an A in 2026 after a B in 2025.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-261-8880, 444 SW 60th Ave., Miami, FL 33144
  • School website: fairlawnelementary.com
  • Enrolling: register in person at the school assigned to your address; the district’s registration guide (PDF) lists what to bring
  • Magnet and choice questions: the district’s School Choice and Parental Options office, 305-995-1922
  • School buses: the district’s transportation department
  • District main line: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 305-995-1000
Address 444 SW 60th Ave., Miami, FL 33144
Phone 305-261-8880
Grades Pre-K to 5
Mascot Tiger
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-1801

Principal

Principal Reandra T. Jordan, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 493 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 440 students against a capacity of 648; it does not give a date for that count.

Gifted classes

The school’s staff directory lists a gifted team teacher in each grade from first to fifth.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. The state says school grades “provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school,” in its 2026 school grades overview.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (62% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 B

From the 2026 grades file, where achievement is the share of tested students at grade level or above:

  • Third grade English language arts achievement: 70%
  • English language arts achievement: 64%
  • Math achievement: 64%
  • Science achievement: 72%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.

Attendance zone

The district’s directory describes the zone this way. From SW Eighth Street and SW 55th Avenue, the line runs west on SW Eighth Street to Florida East Coast Railroad, north to State Road 836, east to NW 57th Avenue, south to West Flagler Street, east to SW 56th Avenue, south to SW Fourth Street, east to SW 55th Avenue, south to SW Eighth Street, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 1970-71 school year.

In Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundary map, 3,608 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 4.7%, fall in its zone.

The district’s directory places Fairlawn Elementary in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern.

Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s directory:

  • Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade: 8:20 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.
  • Grades 2 to 5: 8:35 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.
  • Grades 2 to 5, Wednesdays: 8:35 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.

Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Friday, Oct. 16: end of the first grading period
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher planning day, no students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving holiday and recess day
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter recess

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Fairlawn Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade, at 444 SW 60th Ave., Miami.

What is Fairlawn Elementary’s school grade?

It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 62% of possible points, after a B in 2025.

Which high school does Fairlawn Elementary feed into?

The district’s school directory places it in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern.

What time does Fairlawn Elementary start?

Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade, 8:20 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.; Grades 2 to 5, 8:35 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.; Grades 2 to 5, Wednesdays, 8:35 a.m. to 1:50 p.m.. From the district’s school directory.