Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center, 1331 NW 46th St.: Pre-K-8, 448 students (NCES 2024-25), a B in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center website, the School Board’s June 17, 2026, attendance zone actions (PDF), 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.

Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center is new this school year. The School Board combined Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle, at 1331 NW 46th St., and Lenora B. Smith Elementary, at 4700 NW 12th Ave., into one K-8 center starting in 2026-27, in its June 17, 2026, attendance zone actions (PDF). All students living in either old boundary are assigned to it, and both names were kept after community feedback, the board document says.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-634-9787, 1331 NW 46th St., Miami, FL 33142
  • School website: monica4242.wixsite.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 1331 NW 46th St., Miami, FL 33142
Phone 305-634-9787
Grades Pre-K to 8
Mascot Mustangs
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-6011

Principal

Principal Nika L. Williams, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 448 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 25 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 17.9 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 554 students against a capacity of 1,154; it does not give a date for that count. Those NCES figures are for Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle before the merger. Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary counted 353 students the same year.

State grades before the merger

The two schools were graded separately for 2025-26. Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle, under the state number used here, earned the B shown below. Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary (state number 13-0081) also earned a B in 2026, with 55% of possible points, after a C in 2025, according to the state’s 2026 grades file.

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 B (61% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 C

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

  • English language arts achievement: 43%
  • Math achievement: 47%
  • Science achievement: 44%
  • Social studies achievement: 76%
  • Middle school acceleration: 91%

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

Attendance zone

The merged school’s zone is the two old zones combined, the board document (PDF) says. In Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundary map, now labeled Jones-Ayers/Smith K-8 Center, 2,136 of the city’s 77,214 address points fall in the elementary zone; in the middle school map, 7,755 points, about 10%, are in the Georgia Jones-Ayers middle zone, which the district’s directory describes as running from I-95 at NW 54th Street south to NW 20th Street and west to NW 22nd Avenue.

The district’s directory places Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center in the Miami Jackson Senior High feeder pattern.

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

Calendar and bell times

Classes run from 9:10 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., according to the district’s directory.

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 Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center serve?

Pre-K through eighth grade, at 1331 NW 46th St., Miami.

What is Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center’s school grade?

It earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 61% of possible points, after a C in 2025.

Which high school does Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center feed into?

The district’s school directory places it in the Miami Jackson Senior High feeder pattern.

What time does Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center start?

Classes run from 9:10 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.

Did Lenora B. Smith Elementary close?

It was combined with Georgia Jones-Ayers Middle as Georgia Jones-Ayers/Lenora B. Smith K-8 Center starting in the 2026-27 school year, under a School Board action approved June 17, 2026.