MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

Set in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida, MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a large four-year high school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. It educates 1,611 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% above the state mean of about 1,035.

MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that teaches 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 30.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATER ACADEMY CHARTER 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 42.1%; this one delivers 57.5%, a residual of +15.3 points.

Around the school, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 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 CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 66.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 8%, going from 1,742 students in 2018 to 1,611 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 30.4:1 today.

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