SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY

As a cozy elementary campus in MIAMI, Florida, SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY educates 324 students from grades K through 8, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Other groups include 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY 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 56.3%; this one delivers 74.8%, a residual of +18.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that median household income runs about $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ARCHIMEDEAN UPPER CONSERVATORY, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 78.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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