Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center, 3500 Douglas Road: Pre-K-8, 344 students (NCES 2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center 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.

Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center is at 3500 Douglas Road on the west side of Coconut Grove. Its zone covers part of west Coconut Grove and the area north of it up to SW 22nd Street. It earned a C in each of the last two years.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-567-3533, 3500 Douglas Road, Miami, FL 33133
  • School website: tuckereagles.net
  • 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 3500 Douglas Road, Miami, FL 33133
Phone 305-567-3533
Grades Pre-K to 8
Mascot Eagle
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-5561

Principal

Principal Marisol Garrido, according to the district’s school directory and the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 344 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 27 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 255 students against a capacity of 470; it does not give a date for that count.

Magnet program

The school’s website describes a STArts Magnet Program, which it says brings STEM to students through the arts, with its own magnet application and tours.

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 C (59% of possible points)
2024-25 C
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: 44%
  • English language arts achievement: 50%
  • Math achievement: 46%
  • Science achievement: 47%
  • Social studies achievement: 89%
  • Middle school acceleration: 64%

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 Douglas Road (SW 37th Avenue) and SW 22nd Street, the line runs east on SW 22nd Street to SW 31st Avenue, south to SW 26th Street, east to SW 30th Avenue, south to Metrorail, southwest to Elizabeth Street, south to Thomas Avenue, west to Hibiscus Street, south to Franklin Avenue, west to Douglas Road, north to the Metrorail, southwest to LeJeune Road (SW 42nd Avenue), north to University Drive, northeast to Palermo, east to Douglas Road (SW 37th Avenue), north to SW 22nd Street, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 1978-79 school year.

In Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundary map, 3,655 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 4.7%, fall in its zone.

The district’s directory places Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center 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 Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center serve?

Pre-K through eighth grade, at 3500 Douglas Road, Miami.

What is Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center’s school grade?

It earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 59% of possible points, after a C in 2025.

Which high school does Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center feed into?

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

What time does Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center 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.