INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, a tiny four-year high school in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, enrolls 376 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 64% below the state mean of about 1,035.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that serves 335,685 students overall.

In terms of who attends, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.3%; actual is 75.9%, +25.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 24% to 17%.

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