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MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 57.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 18 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
Schools most like MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES this school | 465 | 88.2% | 55.1% |
| ACADEMIR CHARTER SCHOOL OF MATH AND SCIENCE HOMESTEAD | 436 | 85.1% | 49.2% |
| IMATER ACADEMY HIALEAH | 590 | 91.0% | 57.2% |
| MIAMI COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL FLORIDA CITY | 545 | 89.2% | 40.1% |
| MATER ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL MIAMI | 573 | 84.3% | 76.3% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD HOMESTEAD | 551 | 84.2% | 70.1% |
Where MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,097 of 2,136 | #162 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #737 of 2,149 ▲ 293 | #124 of 279 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #885 of 2,149 ▲ 331 | #131 of 279 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #1,553 of 2,267 | #163 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #1,889 of 2,077 | #235 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #2,044 of 2,108 | #205 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #43 of 2,188 | #10 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #777 of 1,374 | #139 of 185 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 465 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 88% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 87% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 88% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | N/A | N/A | 97% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | N/A | N/A | 95% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 24 | 22.7:1 | 98% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 20 | 19.1:1 | 88% (338) |
About MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The public elementary school MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is located in MIAMI, Florida. Enrollment stands at 465 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 23% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE has a total of 527 schools and 335,685 students, MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES among them.
The share of students at MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES who are Hispanic is 96%. Smaller groups are 3% Black. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES are from different groups.
For every teacher at MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, there are about 19.4 students; the school has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.1%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 37.0%, so the school is 18.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
Measured in a straight line, MATER INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY is less than a tenth of a mile from MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES as a charter school.
In 2020-21, MATER ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES enrolled 499 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 465.
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