Scott Lake Elementary was built In 1959 in the North Regional Area, located on 10.8 acres at 1160 N.W. 175th Street in Miami. Scott Lake Elementary has grown throughout the years by adding four new buildings from the original floor plan; a two pack Kindergarten, an eight pack Special Education Program (SPED), a media center, and the last building was built in 2006 adding 10 classrooms replacing 4 portables. The school remains with 4 portables that house four Montessori classrooms.

The demographics of the immediate surrounding neighborhood have a mobility index of 23%  which reflects on our excellent attendance rate of 96.91% In comparison to the District's average of 95.38%. Recruitment and marketing techniques have been revisited and fine-tuned to aggressively seek and enroll top notch students In the Montessori magnet program. The school has an enrollment of approximately 620 students in Prekindergarten through fifth grade, and Is represented by 86% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian/Indian/Multiracial, and 1% White. Scott Lake Elementary is a Title I funded school because at least 79% of all students qualified for either free or reduced lunch. The students performing at Level 1 and Level 2 are 32% In reading and 33% in mathematics. The school's retention rate Is 1.8% as compared to the District retention rate of 5.7%.

The school also qualifies for a Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten program (VPK) and services 18 students and have two additional Pre-K Student With Disabilities (SWD) classes that service 14 students. Additionally, there is a full time gifted teacher that services 26 gifted students. The school Is funded by State and local means, which is based on full-time student enrollment. Scott Lake Elementary has maintained a rating of "B" from the State for the 2007-2008 school year. This prepares our students to matriculate to Parkway Middle or Norland Middle School which are both rated as "C' schools by the state.