IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL

IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in HIALEAH, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, caters to 783 students in grades 6 through 8.

IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that works with 335,685 students overall.

Looking at the student body, IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 54.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows 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%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

IMATER PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IMATER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL has ticked down 3%, going from 804 students in 2018 to 783 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.