Summary:
The five schools in Miami's 33129 zip code, all part of the Miami-Dade County Public School District, are co-located at a single address, creating a unique campus of contrasts that includes one middle school, three high schools, and one alternative school serving grades K-12.
Mater Brickell Academy Middle stands out as the top academic performer, consistently ranking in the 87th percentile with exceptional proficiency rates—98% in Algebra 1, 100% in Geometry, and 96% in Biology 1—far exceeding district and state averages. In contrast, Colegiate Preparatory Academy is the most concerning school, with a steep ranking decline from the 53rd percentile to the 19th percentile in just two years, a low 81.3% graduation rate, and critically low test scores like 29% in Geometry and 25% in 8th Grade Science. Mater Brickell Academy High performs well with a 96.6% graduation rate and 85th percentile ranking, though it shows slight year-over-year declines in some subjects. The virtual schools—Mater Academy Virtual Charter School and International Studies Virtual Academy—report 0% chronic absenteeism, likely due to different attendance tracking methods, making direct comparisons difficult.
Key metrics reveal stark disparities: spending per student ranges from $8,434 at Colegiate Preparatory Academy to $13,528 at Mater Brickell Academy High, yet the lower-spending school has a smaller student-teacher ratio (16.2:1) while the higher-spending school has a larger ratio (27:1), suggesting that factors like curriculum and school culture drive performance more than funding alone. Free/reduced lunch percentages also vary dramatically, from 5.26% at Colegiate Preparatory Academy to 65.91% at Mater Brickell Academy High. The most notable takeaway is the extreme contrast within this single campus, where a student can walk from the area's highest-performing middle school to its lowest-performing high school in under a minute, highlighting the critical importance of school choice for families in this zip code.
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