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Enrollment
497
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007971
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)
305 NE 2ND RD, HOMESTEAD, FL 33030 · (305) 258-7497 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
411 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 139 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 116 | 23% |
Student demographics
28%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
49.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +31.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)'s state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) this school | 497 | 82.7% | 48.0% |
| SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD HOMESTEAD | 376 | 81.4% | 47.1% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 971 | 82.8% | 79.9% |
| MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH KISSIMMEE | 536 | 78.0% | 41.7% |
| SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 315 | 77.8% | 50.2% |
| MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY HIALEAH GARDENS | 315 | 78.4% | 84.5% |
Matched among Florida high 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 SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #343 of 555 | #60 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #70 of 549 ▲ 185 | #20 of 82 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #369 of 559 ▲ 61 | #55 of 85 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #492 of 830 | #62 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #154 of 575 | #24 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #535 of 594 | #50 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #6 of 630 | #2 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.6% | #23 of 246 | #5 of 27 |
Ranked against other public high 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
497
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
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 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 83% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 18 | 28.5:1 | 85% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 87% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | N/A | N/A | 85% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 78% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 7 | 25.9:1 | 23% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD).
About SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) is a public high school run by MIAMI-DADE in HOMESTEAD, Florida. Federal data show 497 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE serves 335,685 students across 527 schools.
The share of students at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) who are Hispanic is 84%. Other students are 8% Black and 6% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County residents are about 69% Hispanic. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) are from different groups.
Based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) has a ratio of 19.9:1. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. Income data for the school show 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public high schools, SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) are 8.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (48.0% actual, 39.7% predicted).
The school is in Miami-Dade County, where the median household earns about $71,753 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) shares Miami-Dade County with 560 other public schools.
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 62.5% on proficiency, and SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) is below that at 48.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 497, close to the 494 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD). 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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)0.0 mi · 484
- SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES HOMESTEAD0.3 mi · 130
- CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 243
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD0.4 mi · 551
- Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead0.4 mi · 170
- NEVA KING COOPER EDUCATIONAL CENTER0.7 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)What is the total enrollment at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) serve?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)?
At SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD), the student body is approximately 6% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD)?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD) 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.