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If you had an hour of school board time for KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
763
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007529
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
2325 SE 28TH AVE, HOMESTEAD, FL 33035 · (786) 272-9600 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
360 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 206 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 231 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 188 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 138 | 18% |
Student demographics
34%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 18.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 763 | 47.2% | 45.2% |
| MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 675 | 45.3% | 51.7% |
| EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 464 | 50.6% | 53.6% |
| CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION A CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATE SC HOMESTEAD | 392 | 46.9% | 82.5% |
| MEDICAL ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (M.A.S.T.) @ HOM HOMESTEAD | 511 | 40.9% | 91.9% |
| MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 979 | 41.5% | 51.9% |
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 KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #406 of 555 | #70 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #400 of 549 ▲ 90 | #73 of 82 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #466 of 559 ▲ 2 | #67 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #439 of 830 | #53 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.8:1 | #388 of 575 | #49 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #514 of 594 | #39 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #278 of 630 | #45 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #77 of 289 | #28 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
763
-24 (-3%) vs 2020
+377% since 2010-11, when it was 160
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 | 763 | 32 | 23.8:1 | 47% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 35 | 20.9:1 | 63% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 29 | 23.8:1 | 69% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | N/A | N/A | 73% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 921 | 65 | 14.2:1 | 4% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 1,170 | 58 | 20.2:1 | 4% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 10 | 16.0:1 | 66% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
About KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
Students in HOMESTEAD, Florida, attend KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. Its enrollment is 763 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 1,035.
The MIAMI-DADE system has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
About 80% of the student body at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other students are 14% Black and 5% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County residents are about 69% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.8:1. It is about the same as the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. The school has 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Miami-Dade County average a similar 48%.
A school with KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 57.5%. KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL scores 45.2%, 12.3 points below that line.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. By average proficiency, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Large. KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL had a net loss of 24 students, or 3%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
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- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,950
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL (HOMESTEAD)0.8 mi · 385
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD)0.8 mi · 506
- SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD0.8 mi · 376
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER1.3 mi · 1,165
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,323
Frequently asked questions
About KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 763 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 80% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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