KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, a modestly sized 9-12 campus in HOMESTEAD, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, educates 763 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that instructs 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.8:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 47% of students at KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 45.2%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 921 (now 763). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 70% to 80%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

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