Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary, 840 NE 87th St.: Pre-K-5, 471 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 Phyllis Ruth Miller 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.

Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary is at 840 NE 87th St., between Little River and the bay. It is the neighborhood school for a small zone east of North Miami Avenue between NE 82nd Street and the Little River Canal, and it runs a Montessori magnet program. It earned an A in 2026 after a B in 2025.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-756-3800, 840 NE 87th St., Miami, FL 33138
  • School website: phyllisruthmiller.org
  • 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 840 NE 87th St., Miami, FL 33138
Phone 305-756-3800
Grades Pre-K to 5
Mascot Rocket
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-3431

Principal

Principal Kisa D. Humphrey, according to the district’s school directory and the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 471 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 420 students against a capacity of 731; it does not give a date for that count.

Montessori magnet

The school’s website describes a Montessori Magnet program and lists a 2025 Merit School of Excellence award from Magnet Schools of America. A notice on the site says the magnet application process for the 2027-28 school year runs from October 2026 through March 2027; it also offers Montessori magnet 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 A (70% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 A

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

  • Third grade English language arts achievement: 62%
  • English language arts achievement: 62%
  • Math achievement: 76%
  • Science achievement: 63%

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 North Miami Avenue and Little River Canal, the line runs east on the canal to NE Fourth Avenue Road, north to NE 87th Street, east to Biscayne Boulevard, north to NE 91st Street, east to NE Eighth Avenue, south to NE 90th Street, east to NE 10th Court, north to NE 91st Street, east to Biscayne Bay, south along shoreline to NE 82nd Street, west to North Miami Avenue, north to Little River Canal, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 1995-96 school year.

In Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundary map, 946 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 1.2%, fall in its zone.

The district’s directory places Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary in the Miami Edison 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 Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade, at 840 NE 87th St., Miami.

What is Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary’s school grade?

It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 70% of possible points, after a B in 2025.

Which high school does Phyllis Ruth Miller Elementary feed into?

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

What time does Phyllis Ruth Miller 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.