📍 24400 Sw 124th Ave, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, 33032
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Homestead, Miami-Dade County. The school has 1,210 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy enrolls 1,210 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 62 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 2.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 680 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 479 | 40% |
| White | 30 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
901 of the school's 1,210 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 867 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 39, state house district 117.
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy is one of 542 schools in MIAMI-DADE, based in MIAMI, Florida. The district serves 333,233 students district-wide and employs 16,606 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,210 students, Coconut Palm K-8 Academy is larger than the district average of about 615 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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