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What's one thing DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,500
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008658
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL
7905 NW 53RD ST, DORAL, FL 33166 · (305) 513-3013 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–12HIGH13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,500 STUDENTS
A
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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.
- A-Beats 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
22.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
262 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 6 | 206 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 221 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 223 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 232 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 186 | 12% |
Student demographics
11%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
84.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
92.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.8% | 92.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 83.3% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL this school | 1,500 | 17.5% | 79.9% |
| RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DORAL | 1,288 | 17.8% | 57.2% |
| J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH DORAL | 1,133 | 20.7% | 58.9% |
| MIAMI ARTS STUDIO 6-12 AT ZELDA GLAZER MIAMI | 1,799 | 25.6% | 87.9% |
| TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE MIAMI | 1,644 | 24.2% | 95.7% |
| DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL DORAL | 2,073 | 26.5% | 86.6% |
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 DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #52 of 555 | #17 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #13 of 549 ▲ 10 | #5 of 82 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #46 of 559 ▲ 14 | #15 of 85 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,500 | #289 of 830 | #29 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #304 of 575 | #43 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #577 of 594 | #75 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #570 of 630 | #87 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
1,500
+402 (+37%) vs 2020
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 | 1,500 | 67 | 22.4:1 | 17% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 1,476 | 74 | 19.9:1 | 23% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 1,500 | 72 | 20.8:1 | 24% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 1,098 | N/A | N/A | 38% (421) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL.
About DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL
Located in DORAL, Florida, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school. The school offers grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 1,500 students. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 45% above that mark.
MIAMI-DADE has 335,685 students spread across 527 schools.
The share of students at DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 94%. Other groups make up 4% White. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
A staff of 67 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.4:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 1.1 students per teacher. By family income, 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 31 points below the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Florida public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.9%; the prediction is 72.4%.
The school's county is Miami-Dade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL among them.
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Federal records list DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL as a charter school.
Enrollment rose by 37% across 4 years, from 1,098 in 2020-21 to 1,500 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 DORAL
- DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,073 students
- DORAL ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,351 students
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF MIAMI DADECombined · 1,316 students
- RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,288 students
- J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,133 students
- DORAL ACADEMYElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,085
- TURNER/GUILFORD/KNIGHT1.2 mi · 22
- RENAISSANCE MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 391
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF MIAMI DADE1.5 mi · 1,316
- SPRINGVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 302
- BRIGHTVIEW PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.0 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL?
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,500 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL serve?
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is approximately 22.4:1 (67 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL?
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL in?
DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER UPPER SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.