PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE

PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is a junior high of very small scale in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, works with 27 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 97% smaller than the state mean of about 794.

MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is among them.

In terms of who attends, PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE records that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 44% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is one.

STELLAR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. PHOENIX ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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