TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE is a roomy 9-12 campus in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. The school works with 1,644 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE shows that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.5:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 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 69.0%; TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE posts 95.7%, +26.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that median household income runs about $71,753, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MIAMI YOUTH ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 74.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. TERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,783 (now 1,644). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 82% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 in 2025.

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