AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH

AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH is a 9-12 campus of micro-enrollment scale in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, teacheing 16 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% below the state mean of about 1,035.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% Black, 13% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Roughly 19% of students at AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), AMIKIDS MIAMI-DADE SOUTH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MAST ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 74%: 61 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 44% over that span.

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