Enrollment
376
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003977
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
2480 SW 8TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33135 · (305) 643-2955 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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
18.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
232 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 9 | 107 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 118 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 20% |
Student demographics
33%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
86.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.4% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 68.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 376 | 61.7% | 75.9% |
| MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH MIAMI | 487 | 65.9% | 74.5% |
| SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH | 309 | 55.0% | 41.7% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 234 | 58.5% | 59.0% |
| VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 750 | 60.7% | 28.4% |
| LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 588 | 58.2% | 87.3% |
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 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #66 of 555 | #23 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #133 of 549 ▼ 71 | #36 of 82 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #37 of 559 ▲ 50 | #13 of 85 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #519 of 830 | #71 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #108 of 575 | #17 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #519 of 594 | #43 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #86 of 630 | #22 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #178 of 289 | #43 of 53 |
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
376
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 62% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 18 | 20.0:1 | 60% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 18 | 19.6:1 | 56% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 59% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | N/A | N/A | 75% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 12 | 34.4:1 | 62% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | 50% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
About INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
Students in MIAMI, Florida, attend INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 376 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Florida is about 1,035, so this school runs 64% smaller than that.
MIAMI-DADE includes 527 schools. Together they enroll 335,685 students.
Federal enrollment data show INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 80% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 17% White. Among all residents of Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.8:1. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 62%. That is 14 points above the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Measured against Florida public high schools, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 50.3%. It actually posts 75.9%, which is 25.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that the median household income is $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, enrolling about 335,817 students in all.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 75.9% versus a 48.7% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 405. The ratio was 25.3:1 in 2020-21 and 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Nearby schools
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 320
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY INTERAMERICAN CAMPUS0.1 mi · 188
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 3,100
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 805
- AUBURNDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 779
- SHENANDOAH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,231
Frequently asked questions
About INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow large is INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 376 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
At INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL in?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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