Miami Beach Fienberg/Fisher K-8 Center, 1420 Washington Ave.: pre-K to 8th grade, 851 students (NCES 2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 grades.
Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Fienberg/Fisher K-8 website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundaries.
Miami Beach Fienberg/Fisher K-8 Center is the Miami-Dade County Public Schools neighborhood school for the middle of South Beach, from about Eighth Street to 23rd Street. About 19% of Miami Beach address points in the county’s attendance boundary map fall inside its zone. The state’s grades file and the federal directory spell the name “Feinberg/Fisher”; the district and the school use “Fienberg/Fisher.”
Who to call
- Front office: 305-531-0419, 1420 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139
- School website: fienbergfisherk8.net
- Enrolling: the school’s 2026-27 registration page; the district’s Student Registration office, 305-883-5323; magnet, choice and VPK questions go to School Choice and Parental Options, 305-995-1922
- School buses: the district’s transportation department, 305-234-3365
| Address | 1420 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139 |
| Phone | 305-531-0419 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 8 |
| District | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Maria Fernandez, according to the school’s administrative team page, which lists two assistant principals.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 851 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 49 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 806 students against a capacity of 896, or 90% full; it does not give a date for that count.
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. As a K-8 center, its grade counts both third grade reading and middle school acceleration, as the grades file shows.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C (59% 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: 28%
- English language arts achievement: 42%
- Math achievement: 55%
- Science achievement: 61%
- Social studies achievement: 68%
- Middle school acceleration: 95%
The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.
Attendance zone
The district’s directory traces the zone from the Venetian Causeway at Dade Boulevard northeast to 23rd Street, east to the ocean, south along the coast to Eighth Street, then west and north in steps along Michigan Avenue, Ninth Street, West Avenue and 10th Street to Biscayne Bay, and north along the bay shore back to the causeway. South of the zone is South Pointe Elementary; north of 23rd Street is North Beach Elementary. The directory dates the zone to the 1991-92 school year. Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.
The school sits in the Miami Beach Senior High feeder pattern, according to the district’s directory. Families do not have to stay for the middle grades: the directory says parents who want a traditional middle school “will have the option of enrolling their child in the traditional middle school assigned to serve their neighborhood,” which for Miami Beach is Nautilus Middle.
Programs
The principal’s message in the district’s directory describes the school as an International Baccalaureate World School and a STEAM-designated school. The school’s website posts subject selection forms for the International Baccalaureate Programme and lists IB among its academic pages.
Calendar and bell times
Hours from the district’s directory:
- Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade: 8:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
- Grades 2 to 8: 8:35 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.
- Grades 2 to 8 on Wednesdays: 8:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher planning day, no students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
- Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving holiday and recess day
- Friday, Dec. 18: teacher planning day, no students
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter recess
More on Miami Beach schools
- The district’s page for Fienberg/Fisher K-8
- Every public school in Miami Beach
- Our Miami Beach schools guide for the full calendar, enrollment and magnet deadlines
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Fienberg/Fisher K-8 serve?
Pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Miami Beach Fienberg/Fisher K-8 Center is at 1420 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.
What is Fienberg/Fisher K-8’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 B in 2025 and in 2024.
Which high school does Fienberg/Fisher K-8 feed into?
Miami Beach Senior High. The district’s directory places the school in the Miami Beach Senior High feeder pattern.
What time does Fienberg/Fisher K-8 start?
School starts at 8:35 a.m. Pre-K through first grade end at 2:05 p.m., and grades 2 to 8 end at 3:05 p.m., or 2:05 p.m. on Wednesdays, according to the district’s directory.
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