Summary:
In zip code 33034 (Florida City, FL), there is only one middle school, Miami Community Charter Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 with 323 students and a very high economic disadvantage rate of 90.4%.
Miami Community Charter Middle School presents a puzzling academic profile. While it dramatically underperforms in nearly all grade-level standardized tests—such as only 10% proficiency in 8th-grade Science and 17% in 7th-grade Math, far below district and state averages—it excels in advanced, end-of-course subjects. The school’s proficiency rates in Algebra 1 (77%), Geometry (64%), and Biology 1 (80%) all surpass the Miami-Dade district and Florida state averages. This suggests that a small, high-performing cohort may be driving these advanced scores, creating a misleading picture of overall school health. Additionally, the school’s state ranking has been consistently declining over three years, dropping from the 19th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 10th percentile in 2025-2026, indicating worsening performance relative to other Florida middle schools.
A critical red flag is the school’s high chronic absenteeism rate of 33.3%, which exceeds both the district (28.2%) and state (31.4%) averages. This likely contributes to the poor performance in foundational subjects. With per-student spending of $9,534 and a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1, the school is not dramatically under-resourced, suggesting that the challenges stem from instructional quality and student support systems rather than funding alone. The data points to a need for targeted interventions to address absenteeism and improve grade-level learning outcomes.
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