DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY

As a very small secondary school in DORAL, Florida, DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY caters to 369 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY is among them.

On the student-mix side, DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 73.8:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 90.2%, a residual of +20.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 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 DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 81.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DORAL PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY has shrank 7%, going from 395 students in 2018 to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 65.8:1 in 2018 to 73.8:1 today.

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