DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL

DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL, a moderately sized secondary school in DORAL, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, caters to 1,500 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.4%, the actual is 79.9%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL operates from a high-density location. DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL 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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