DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of the cozy high schools in AVENTURA, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, with 820 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL lists that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 46% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 77.9%.

Around the school, census data for Miami-Dade County shows 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%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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