SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS

Set in HOMESTEAD, Florida, SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS is a sprawling K-5 school, part of MIAMI-DADE. It teaches 1,890 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS sits 213% bigger than that benchmark.

MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 7% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS logs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS 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 38.1%; SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS posts 78.7%, +40.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 SILVER PALMS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GOULDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS operates from a residential location. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 137%: 797 students in 2018 compared to 1,890 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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