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SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)
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SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS), an intimate primary school in SOUTH MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, serves 491 students, covering grades K through 5.
Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 10% White. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) tighter than the state norm the norm. About 17% 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 lower than Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 72.7%; SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) posts 90.3%, +17.6 points above that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS), around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS). Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 68.7%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Five-year trend. SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)'s enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 491). White enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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