NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL
MIAMI GARDENS · FL · MIAMI-DADE · Public charter
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NORTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL → ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI → JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY → CITY OF HIALEAH EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY → SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIRAMAR CAMPUS → MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY → MATER LAKES COLLEGIATE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL → DOCTORS CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI SHORES →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 64th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 23% (Bottom 3% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about NORTH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NORTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI, JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2164th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 3% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 454 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,939 per student in district revenue, the 27 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $349,353/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL OPA LOCKA |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 431 | -17.1% |
| ACCELERATION ACADEMIES-CENTRAL MIAMI MIAMI |
Public | 0.2 | 358 | +17.8% |
| JOSE MARTI MAST 6-12 ACADEMY HIALEAH |
Public | 5.6 | 513 | +15.3% |
| CITY OF HIALEAH EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY HIALEAH |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 592 | +6.1% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIRAMAR CAMPUS MIRAMAR |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 325 | +28.5% |
| MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY HIALEAH GARDENS |
Public · charter | 5.7 | 315 | -3.4% |
| MATER LAKES COLLEGIATE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 288 | +159.5% |
| DOCTORS CHARTER SCHOOL OF MIAMI SHORES MIAMI SHORES |
Public · charter | 6.0 | 308 | -8.6% |