BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD

Located at 6340 SUNSET DR, in MIAMI, Florida, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD is a close-knit primary school that hosts 295 students (grades K through 8), part of BROWARD. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 51% leaner than typical.

Across the 325 schools in BROWARD (243,591 students total), BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD reports that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Broward County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.5%; BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD posts 61.1%, +16.6 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Broward County) records that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD is one campus in the mix.

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT PLANTATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.9%.

BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD operates from a commuter-belt location. BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. BEN GAMLA CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 295). White enrollment moved from 31% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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