MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL

MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL, a rural-scale senior high in CUTLER BAY, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, works with 390 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 195.0:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 75.2%, a residual of +23.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MATER ACADEMY BAY ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. MATER ACADEMY BAY HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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