ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST

ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST, a mid-tier elementary school in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, enrolls 695 students, covering grades K through 8.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.5%; actual is 80.7%, +22.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MIAMI ARTS STUDIO 6-12 AT ZELDA GLAZER, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 73.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL WEST's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 695).

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