Elementary · Florida
Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy
Free meals for allMandarin Lakes K-8 Academy, a public elementary school in Homestead, Florida: grades pre-k–8, 643 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Miami-Dade.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 643
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 60% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Miami-Dade
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Miami-Dade.
Location
- Address
- 12225 SW 280TH St, Homestead, FL 33032
- Phone
- (305)257-0377
- City or town
- Homestead Base
- County
- Miami-Dade County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Air Base K-8 Center for International EducationFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 1,131 | 18.0 |
| K–5 | 436 | 18.2 | |
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 515 | 15.6 |
South Prep Scholars AcademyCharter | K–5 | 138 | 19.7 |
Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 726 | 17.3 |
| K–8 | 574 | 21.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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