CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary school in CUTLER BAY, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. The school educates 521 students in grades K through 8.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 24% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Miami-Dade County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 4% of students at CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 79.3%; CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL posts 58.6%, -20.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, CORAL REEF MONTESSORI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 490 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 18% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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