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MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE, an intimate middle-grades school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, works with 525 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 34% below typical.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 14% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE 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 49.5%; this one delivers 79.0%, a residual of +29.5 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: MATER ACADEMY VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.2%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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