AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is an elementary campus of sizable scale in HOMESTEAD, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, caters to 1,131 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 87% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 20% Black, 7% White, 2% Asian. Compared to Miami-Dade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 81.8%, a residual of +17.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MANDARIN LAKES K-8 ACADEMY, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION has ticked up 6%, going from 1,072 students in 2018 to 1,131 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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