JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY

Set in HIALEAH, Florida, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY is a medium-sized secondary school, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. It educates 1,008 students across grades 6 through 12.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% 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 below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.6%; actual is 91.0%, +29.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 15%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 1,008 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 84% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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