MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH)

Located at 8625 BYRON AVE, in MIAMI, Florida, MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) is a medium-sized K-5 school that educates 586 students (grades K through 8), overseen by MIAMI-DADE.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%); the rest reads as 16% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 62.0%.

Around the school, Miami-Dade County reports that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is BISCAYNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) has ticked up 7%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 12% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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