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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
525
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008984
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE
230 SW 17TH RD, MIAMI, FL 33129 · (305) 600-1328 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
332 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 37% |
Student demographics
30%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
76.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
88.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 88.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 81.7% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 30 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 BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE this school | 525 | 63.2% | 79.0% |
| INDIANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL INDIANTOWN | 446 | 66.1% | 46.1% |
| PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 601 | 58.1% | 38.8% |
| WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 782 | 62.0% | 38.5% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 494 | 58.1% | 76.2% |
| PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL HIALEAH | 698 | 61.5% | 41.9% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #35 of 560 | #11 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.1% | #31 of 560 ▲ 25 | #12 of 72 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #51 of 560 ▲ 6 | #12 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #465 of 584 | #38 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #170 of 547 | #20 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #499 of 553 | #30 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #128 of 565 | #18 of 72 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | 63% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | N/A | N/A | 61% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 62% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE.
About MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle school that serves part of MIAMI, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 525 students. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
MIAMI-DADE serves 335,685 students across 527 schools.
At MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE, 82% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 14% White and 3% Black. That is higher than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. The diversity index for MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.1:1 is based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 63%. On average, public schools in Miami-Dade County report 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Florida public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE beats its 49.5% prediction with 79.0%, a top-10% result in Florida.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, 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%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIRTUAL ACADEMY sits less than a tenth of a mile from MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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. MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is a publicly funded charter school.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.0 mi · 24
- COLEGIATE PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 114
- MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY HIGH0.0 mi · 487
- MATER ACADEMY VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 99
- SOUTHSIDE PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 873
- MATER ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLEHow many students attend MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE?
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE serve?
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is approximately 18.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE?
At MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 14% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian.
Is MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE public or private?
MATER BRICKELL ACADEMY MIDDLE is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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