Don Soffer Aventura Charter High School
AVENTURA · FL · MIAMI-DADE · Public charter
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HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL → MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH → HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTER → NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH → AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD → SHERIDAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE → MAST@FIU → WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 54th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Don Soffer Aventura Charter High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 54th percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH, HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
54th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% 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.
🏛️ 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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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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📊 Florida School Grade
Florida's official A–F school grade.
Every Florida public school earns an annual A–F grade from the state — the single signal Florida families (and the housing market) watch most. It rolls achievement, learning gains, graduation, and college/career readiness into one letter.
How does Florida grade a high school? →
A high school's grade is the percent of possible points across up to 11 components — English/math achievement and learning gains, science & social-studies achievement, the 4-year graduation rate, and College & Career Acceleration: the share of graduates who earned college credit (via AP, IB, AICE, or dual enrollment) or an industry certification. Letter cutoffs: A ≥ 62%, B ≥ 54%, C ≥ 41%, D ≥ 32%, F below.
Source: Florida Department of Education, School Grades, 2023-24. Graduation rate & College/Career Acceleration components reflect the prior cohort year, per FLDOE's grading model.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 820 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 414 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,356,746/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL HALLANDALE BEACH |
Public | 2.1 | 1,031 | -5.0% |
| MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH MIAMI GARDENS |
Public | 7.8 | 859 | +10.8% |
| HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTER MIRAMAR |
Public | 5.7 | 948 | +0.3% |
| NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH NORTH MIAMI BEACH |
Public | 3.9 | 1,075 | -5.9% |
| AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARD HOLLYWOOD |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 518 | +29.2% |
| SHERIDAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE HOLLYWOOD |
Public | 5.5 | 543 | +3.8% |
| MAST@FIU NORTH MIAMI |
Public | 4.6 | 489 | +7.7% |
| WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER FORT LAUDERDALE |
Public | 8.1 | 570 | +4.0% |