MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH

As a close-knit high school in MIAMI, Florida, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH hosts 487 students from grades 9 through 12, run under MIAMI-DADE. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 1,035.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH is among them.

Demographically, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 11% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH 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 48.1%; this one delivers 74.5%, a residual of +26.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is COLEGIATE PREPARATORY ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH. On composite proficiency, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 72.1%.

MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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