BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 1084 WEST 23RD ST, in HIALEAH, Florida, BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a minimally staffed elementary-level community that hosts 112 students (grades K through 5), overseen by MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.

BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that instructs 335,685 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

JAMES H. BRIGHT ELEMENTARY/J.W. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a residential site. BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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