KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL

KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the heavily attended elementary campuss in HOMESTEAD, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, with 1,950 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 223% above typical.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 22% Black, 2% White.

On the resource side, KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Miami-Dade County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.8%.

KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOL has increased 3%, going from 1,888 students in 2018 to 1,950 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 10% to 2% over that span.

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