SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

As an average-sized 9-12 campus in HOMESTEAD, Florida, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL teaches 971 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.

SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that instructs 335,685 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 8% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 38.8:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% 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%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL 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 39.7%; this one delivers 79.9%, a residual of +40.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put 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 SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.

SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates from a residential location. SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 139% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 971). Class-load math has loosened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 38.8:1 in 2025.

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