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Biscayne
Elementary Community School (BECS) was established in 1941 and is part
of the Miami Beach Senior High School Feeder
Pattern. Biscayne Elementary School students attend Nautilus Middle
School and Miami Beach Senior High School. Over the years, it
has evolved into a nurturing and dynamic educational environment that
services the needs of the entire community. Our community is
caring and concerned, as can be evidenced by the many school community
partners that we currently have such as: Health Connect,
UM Pediatric, The Miami Beach Benevolent Association, City of Miami
Beach Truancy Prevention Program, Informed Families, Boy
Scouts of America, Costco, Publix and Walgreens. The student body is
comprised of 905 students from Pre-K through sixth grade of
which 84 percent are Hispanic, six percent are White, eight percent are
Black and two percent are other. 91 percent of families qualify
for free or reduced lunch which makes BECS a Title I school. Additonally,
26 percent of the students are English Language Learners
(ELL), 11 percent are Gifted, and seven percent are students with
disabilities (SWD). Based on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
statistics, 17 percent of students in grades 3 through 6 scored a level
1 and 17 percent scored a level 2 on the 2007 FCAT Reading
Assessment. 14 percent scored of the students in grades 3 through 6
scored a level 1 and 21 percent scored a level 2 on the 2007
FCAT Mathematics Assessment.
Several factors influence the dynamics of Biscayne Elementary Community
School. Average class size at Biscayne Elementary
Community School is 17.23 for the primary and 18.38 for the intermediate
classes. The mobility rate is 32 percent. The retention rate is 7.2
percent with 21 students retained in grade 3. Staff atendance is 94.2
percent and student attendance is 95.2 percent.
Biscayne Elementary Community School offers various programs including
the Extended Foreign Language Program (EFL), Gifted
Program for students in first through sixth grade, Chorus, and a Strings
Program. Through the community school, we offer a variety of
enrichment classes for students including ballet, computer training and
self-defense classes as well as educational courses for adults.
Biscayne Elementary Community School has 76 teachers employed at the
school. Of these teachers, 13 percent are African-American, 32 percent
are White, and 55 percent are Hispanic. Further analysis also shows that
37 percent of our teachers have a Masters Degree, 12 percent have a
Specialists Degree, four percent have a Doctoral Degree, and eight
percent have achieved National Board Certification.
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) for our school aims at improving
student achievement and the overall well being of our students in
various areas including reading, writing, mathematics, science,
technology, parental involvement, discipline and safety, health and
physical fitness, extracurricular activities and our use of funds to
maximize returns. Our School Improvement Plan through the
objectives listed below, reflects our efforts to fulfill our school’s
mission of “achieving academic excellence in a safe and healthy
environment”.