| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
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What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 68.3% |
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD)'s state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) this school | 506 | 82.2% | 60.1% |
| WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 491 | 81.5% | 43.2% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS AT PRINCETON HOMESTEAD | 574 | 82.6% | 73.9% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMOKALEE | 584 | 80.3% | 58.1% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH HOMESTEAD HOMESTEAD | 551 | 84.2% | 70.1% |
| EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMOKALEE | 646 | 77.2% | 51.3% |
| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #865 of 2,136 | #130 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,106 of 2,149 ▼ 504 | #179 of 279 ▼ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #947 of 2,149 ▼ 302 | #140 of 279 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #1,395 of 2,267 | #145 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,955 of 2,077 | #247 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.9% | #1,861 of 2,108 | #112 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #112 of 2,188 | #21 of 283 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 506 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 82% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 87% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | 41% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 3 | 79.7:1 | 77% (185) |
SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) is an elementary school located in HOMESTEAD, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. The school counted 506 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) falls under MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools enrolling 335,685 students.
Roughly 83% of students at SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 11% Black and 5% White. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) scores 29%.
There are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.2:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 48%.
BeatsExpectations places SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) in the top 10% of Florida schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.2 points above it (60.1% actual, 40.0% predicted).
The school is in Miami-Dade County, where median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.
The closest school to SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) is SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD)'s location as Rural: Fringe. SOMERSET PREPARATORY ACADEMY (HOMESTEAD) is one of the charter schools in Florida.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 239 to 506. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Federal data show the ratio falling from 79.7:1 to 20.2:1.
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