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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY this year?
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Enrollment
1,172
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008518
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY
19185 SW 127TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33177 · (305) 964-7542 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,172 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
929 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 164 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 12% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 74.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #510 of 2,136 | #76 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #930 of 2,149 | #155 of 279 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #534 of 2,149 | #86 of 279 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,172 | #96 of 2,267 | #14 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,776 of 2,077 | #220 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #2,049 of 2,108 | #210 of 267 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +66.0% | #36 of 621 | #6 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,172
+466 (+66%) vs 2017
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
96%
was 92%
% Black
1%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,172 | 63 | 18.6:1 | 79% (929) |
| 2023-24 | 1,148 | 68 | 16.9:1 | 82% (939) |
| 2022-23 | 1,150 | 58 | 19.8:1 | 82% (940) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | N/A | N/A | 65% (462) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY.
About ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. It enrolls 1,172 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. The school is 94% larger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE has 335,685 students spread across 527 schools.
At ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY, 96% of students are Hispanic. That is higher than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. The diversity index for ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Of all students at ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY, 79% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Miami-Dade County report 48%.
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 41.4%, so the school is 27.4 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY is a publicly funded charter school.
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 706 to 1,172. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 315
- SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 436
- CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER0.8 mi · 752
- ROBERT MORGAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,780
- SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER 8030.9 mi · 50
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORYHow many students attend ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY?
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY enrolls approximately 1,172 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY serve?
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY is approximately 18.6:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY?
At ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY public or private?
ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.