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Enrollment
1,233
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007935
MATER GROVE ACADEMY
2805 SW 32ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33133 · (305) 442-4992 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,233 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
333 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 125 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (130).
Student demographics
12%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
75.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 76.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 GROVE ACADEMY
MATER GROVE ACADEMY's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER GROVE ACADEMY this school | 1,233 | 27.0% | 73.1% |
| ETHEL KOGER BECKHAM K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 821 | 27.4% | 83.2% |
| EUGENIA B. THOMAS K-8 CENTER DORAL | 861 | 24.2% | 60.4% |
| DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DORAL | 1,085 | 18.5% | 79.4% |
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 695 | 26.3% | 84.9% |
| KENWOOD K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 759 | 33.6% | 63.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 GROVE ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #349 of 2,136 | #54 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #313 of 2,149 ▼ 3 | #56 of 279 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #279 of 2,149 ▲ 118 | #48 of 279 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,233 | #76 of 2,267 | #11 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,985 of 2,077 | #252 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #2,016 of 2,108 | #182 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #1,883 of 2,188 | #245 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +74.4% | #28 of 621 | #5 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,233
+34 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,233 | 59 | 20.9:1 | 27% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 1,229 | 61 | 20.1:1 | 20% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 1,215 | 63 | 19.3:1 | 16% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 1,199 | 58 | 20.7:1 | 58% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | N/A | N/A | 61% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 178 | N/A | N/A | 51% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER GROVE ACADEMY.
About MATER GROVE ACADEMY
MATER GROVE ACADEMY is a large elementary school in MIAMI-DADE, located in MIAMI, Florida. The school had 1,233 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 104% bigger than that.
The MIAMI-DADE system has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Federal enrollment data show MATER GROVE ACADEMY is 94% Hispanic. The school is also 4% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 69%. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.9:1, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at MATER GROVE ACADEMY is 27%. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
MATER GROVE ACADEMY is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
MATER GROVE ACADEMY scores 73.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.6%.
Miami-Dade County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County is home to 561 public schools and about 335,817 public school students.
The closest public school, COCONUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles from MATER GROVE ACADEMY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 70.3%; MATER GROVE ACADEMY's is 73.1%, ranking 6th of 9.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list MATER GROVE ACADEMY as a charter school.
Enrollment has grown by 34 students since 2020-21, to 1,233.
The MATER GROVE ACADEMY community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- COCONUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 547
- SILVER BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 358
- FRANCIS S.TUCKER K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 344
- GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 563
- CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 2,894
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 941
Frequently asked questions
About MATER GROVE ACADEMYHow many students attend MATER GROVE ACADEMY?
MATER GROVE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 1,233 students in grades KG-08.
Is MATER GROVE ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MATER GROVE ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does MATER GROVE ACADEMY have?
MATER GROVE ACADEMY employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
How diverse is MATER GROVE ACADEMY?
MATER GROVE ACADEMY reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MATER GROVE ACADEMY?
MATER GROVE ACADEMY is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.