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What do students at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039010631
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
12900 NE 12TH AVE, NORTH MIAMI, FL 33161 · (305) 305-8580 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
192 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 174 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 31% |
Student demographics
52%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
80.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
88.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 74.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 566 | 33.9% | 79.7% |
| SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH MIAMI | 720 | 37.5% | 66.5% |
| HIGHLAND OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 736 | 40.6% | 53.1% |
| BONITA SPRINGS MIDDLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BONITA SPRINGS | 706 | 39.1% | 51.5% |
| MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI BEACH | 893 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
| WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 691 | 34.0% | 65.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #33 of 560 | #10 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #30 of 560 ▲ 68 | #11 of 72 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #29 of 560 ▲ 34 | #10 of 72 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #446 of 584 | #35 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #495 of 547 | #51 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #361 of 553 | #4 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #447 of 565 | #64 of 72 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 566 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 34% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 8 | 47.9:1 | 55% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 97 | N/A | N/A | 34% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in NORTH MIAMI, Florida. The school serves 566 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Florida is roughly 794 students; this school is 29% smaller than that.
MIAMI-DADE counts 527 schools and 335,685 students, including MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Hispanic students account for 66% of enrollment at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other groups make up 17% Black and 15% White. County-wide, about 69% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
A ratio of 22.6:1 comes from the school's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 34% of students at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools: 79.7% actual against 64.2% predicted.
In the county around the school, Miami-Dade County, median household income is about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 561 public schools operate in Miami-Dade County, serving about 335,817 students.
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.7% against a local average of 55.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- 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 NORTH MIAMI
- NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,748 students
- DAVID LAWRENCE JR. K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,246 students
- NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 724 students
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 664 students
- W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 611 students
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN K-8 CENTERElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 308
- MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 664
- W. J. BRYAN ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 611
- NATURAL BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 349
- NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,748
- ARCHCREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 22.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 15% White, 66% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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