W.J. Bryan Elementary School is a primary school located at 1201 N.E. 125th Street in North Miami, Florida. Its principal is Milagros L. Maytin and it is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System. Its total enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year is 1352 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 5.
Faculty, staff and students of Johnson & Wales University conduct tutoring and other programs at W.J. Bryan, including cooking classes and a Junior Achievement economic education program.
The school was built in 1928 on the site where the Arch Creek Elementary School had burned down the year before. The building is described by school officials as "a historical landmark". It is named for turn-of-the-century political figure William Jennings Bryan.
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