GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER

GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in HOMESTEAD, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, teacheing 1,165 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER sits 93% above that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER is one of those campuses.

On demographics, GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 42.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER is one campus in the mix.

EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER has ticked down 37%, going from 1,836 students in 2018 to 1,165 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 33% to 45%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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