SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY

SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in HOMESTEAD, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, hosting 628 students in grades K through 8.

SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that caters to 335,685 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 3% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.8%; actual is 58.1%, +20.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

CHAMBERS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 65.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. SOMERSET OAKS ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 581 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 93% across the same window.

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