IMATER ACADEMY

Set in HIALEAH, Florida, IMATER ACADEMY is a moderately sized elementary school, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. It serves 590 students across grades K through 5.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, IMATER ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, IMATER ACADEMY records that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IMATER 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 35.5%; this one delivers 57.2%, a residual of +21.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), IMATER ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IMATER ACADEMY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IMATER ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.8%.

IMATER ACADEMY operates from a residential location. As a public charter, IMATER ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IMATER ACADEMY has fell 11%, going from 662 students in 2018 to 590 in 2025.

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