KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY

KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY is a high-enrollment all-grades campus in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. The school serves 1,359 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 285% bigger than typical.

KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY reports that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY shows 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 76.6%; this one comes in at 39.2%, -37.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES NORTH, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY operates from a suburban location. KIPP MIAMI-LIBERTY CITY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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