📍 3000 Se 9th St, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, 33035
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Homestead, Miami-Dade County. The school has 268 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Mesa. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 33.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The school offers 4 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead enrolls 268 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 33.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 10% Black or African American and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 227 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 10% |
| White | 11 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
186 of the school's 268 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 173 qualify for free lunch and 13 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 Preparatory Academy High School Homestead is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 120.
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead 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 268 students, Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead is smaller than the district average of about 615 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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