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What's the most underrated thing about DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
820
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008751
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
3151 NE 213 ST, AVENTURA, FL 33180 · (786) 481-3032 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL820 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Florida public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
187 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 222 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 216 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 188 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 194 | 24% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
80.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Florida average is about 57 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 64.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 820 | 22.8% | 77.9% |
| KIRKLAND RANCH ACADEMY OF INNOVATION WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,008 | 23.3% | 74.1% |
| ESTERO HIGH SCHOOL ESTERO | 1,571 | 25.7% | 43.8% |
| OASIS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 896 | 22.4% | 66.0% |
| IPREP ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI | 522 | 22.6% | 88.0% |
| BONITA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 1,490 | 29.6% | 46.6% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #59 of 555 | #20 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #87 of 549 | #26 of 82 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #60 of 559 ▲ 24 | #22 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 820 | #429 of 830 | #52 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #124 of 575 | #21 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #358 of 594 | #10 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #537 of 630 | #81 of 98 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
820
+401 (+96%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 820 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 23% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 14% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 21% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
About DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
AVENTURA, Florida, is home to DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 820 students. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE, which enrolls 335,685 students in total.
Hispanic students are 50% of those enrolled at DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. Next come 46% White. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
A staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.1:1. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Florida public high schools, DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is +8.2 points: 77.9% actual, 69.8% predicted.
For Miami-Dade County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 419 to 820. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in AVENTURA
- AVENTURA CITY OF EXCELLENCE SCHOOLElementary · 1,032 students
Nearby schools
- AVENTURA WATERWAYS K-8 CENTER0.8 mi · 2,063
- GULFSTREAM EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER OF EXCELLENCE1.2 mi · 48
- VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL1.2 mi · 586
- HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 736
- SOUTH BROWARD MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL1.6 mi · 169
- AVENTURA CITY OF EXCELLENCE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,032
Frequently asked questions
About DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 820 students in grades 09-12.
Is DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL have?
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 50% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DON SOFFER AVENTURA CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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