📍 23255 Sw 115th Ave, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, 33032
Somerset Academy Silver Palms is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Homestead, Miami-Dade County. The school has 1,939 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 71% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Somerset Academy Silver Palms enrolls 1,939 students across grades K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Black or African American and 3.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,676 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 147 | 7.6% |
| White | 65 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 32 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 18 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,383 of the school's 1,939 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,188 qualify for free lunch and 195 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Somerset Academy Silver Palms is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
Somerset Academy Silver Palms 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 1,939 students, Somerset Academy Silver Palms 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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