MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL

MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in NORTH MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, works with 566 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 794.

MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% Black, 15% White. That composition is broadly in line with Miami-Dade County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.2%; actual is 79.7%, +15.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 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), MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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