BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in MIAMI, Florida, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL is a tiny elementary school, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. It instructs 165 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder reads as 12% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.1%; actual is 76.8%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that median household income runs about $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY SUNSET, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 33% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 165). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 75% to 84% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.