of residents, while English was the mother tongue of 6.99% of the population. Other languages spoken were well below 1% of the population. As of 2000, Tamiami had the seventh highest percentage of Cuban and Cuban American residents in the US, with 56.63% of the populace. Nicaraguans and Nicaraguan American made up the fifth highest percentage, at 4.66% of Tamiami residents. It had the thirty-second highest percentage of Colombian and Colombian American residents in the US, at 3.94% of the population, and the 105th highest percentage of Dominican and Dominican American residents in the US, at 1.53% of its population (tied with Ives Estates, FL, Adelphi, Maryland, and Dover, New Jersey.) It also had the eighteenth most Venezuelan and Venezuelan American residents in the US, at 1.06% of the population (tied with Miami Lakes.) Education Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates public schools. Elementary schools: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary School Greenglade Elementary School Joe Hall Elementary School Zora Neale Hurston Elementary School Wesley Matthews Elementary School Village Green Elementary School Middle schools: Paul W. Bell Middle School W. R. Thomas Middle School The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami operates Catholic schools. St. Kevin School is in Tamiami.It opened in August 1980. Belen Jesuit Preparatory School is also in Tamiami. References Census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida