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Enrollment
1,521
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003341
MATER ACADEMY
7700 NW 98TH ST, HIALEAH GARDENS, FL 33016 · (305) 698-9900 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,521 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,408 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 225 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 294 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 284 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 253 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 244 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 221 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (225) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (221).
Student demographics
4%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
68.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 71.3% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 33 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 ACADEMY
MATER ACADEMY's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER ACADEMY this school | 1,521 | 92.6% | 67.9% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS HOMESTEAD | 1,890 | 85.9% | 78.7% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARATORY MIAMI | 1,172 | 79.3% | 68.8% |
| KNIGHTS POINT K-8 KISSIMMEE | 1,239 | 82.7% | 30.3% |
| MATER BRIGHTON LAKES KISSIMMEE | 1,267 | 83.6% | 47.3% |
| OAK CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL OF BONITA SPRINGS BONITA SPRINGS | 685 | 98.5% | 26.9% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #530 of 2,136 | #80 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #458 of 2,149 ▲ 37 | #81 of 279 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #480 of 2,149 ▲ 1 | #82 of 279 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,521 | #26 of 2,267 | #6 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #2,006 of 2,077 | #257 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #2,085 of 2,108 | #246 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #29 of 2,188 | #7 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.6% | #96 of 621 | #16 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,521
+225 (+17%) vs 2020
+128% since 2000-01, when it was 667
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,521 | 71 | 21.4:1 | 93% (1,408) |
| 2023-24 | 1,517 | N/A | N/A | 95% (1,443) |
| 2022-23 | 1,529 | 58 | 26.4:1 | 92% (1,402) |
| 2020-21 | 1,296 | N/A | N/A | 88% (1,139) |
| 2017-18 | 1,122 | 62 | 18.1:1 | 89% (1,001) |
| 2015-16 | 1,117 | 62 | 18.0:1 | 91% (1,020) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 36% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | N/A | N/A | 81% (539) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER ACADEMY.
About MATER ACADEMY
At 7700 NW 98TH ST in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida, MATER ACADEMY operates as a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 1,521 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
MATER ACADEMY is one school in a 527-school district, MIAMI-DADE, which enrolls 335,685 students.
MATER ACADEMY is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
Its ratio of 21.4:1 is based on 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 93%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
MATER ACADEMY earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, MATER ACADEMY would score about 34.8%. It scores 67.9%, a top-10% result among Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Miami-Dade County show that median household income comes to 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%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CITRUS HEALTH SIPP/CRISIS, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, MATER ACADEMY is 4th among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies MATER ACADEMY's location as Suburb: Large. Federal records list MATER ACADEMY as a charter school.
Enrollment rose by 17% across 4 years, from 1,296 in 2020-21 to 1,521 in 2024-25.
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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 HIALEAH GARDENS
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,611 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,551 students
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,219 students
- WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,128 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 995 students
Nearby schools
- CITRUS HEALTH SIPP/CRISIS0.2 mi · 16
- WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,191
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,611
- MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY0.5 mi · 315
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,219
- JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY1.0 mi · 1,008
Frequently asked questions
About MATER ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at MATER ACADEMY?
MATER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,521 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MATER ACADEMY serve?
MATER ACADEMY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at MATER ACADEMY?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at MATER ACADEMY.
How diverse is MATER ACADEMY?
MATER ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is MATER ACADEMY in?
MATER ACADEMY is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.