Mater Academy Charter High School

Mater Academy Charter High School is a high school located in Hialeah Gardens, FL, serving grades 9–12 and approximately 1,657 students. Operated by Miami-Dade, the campus sits about 11.1 miles from The Miami's newsroom and is part of The Miami's ongoing local education coverage.

The school employs roughly 52 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 31.9:1. That ratio is above the state average for FL, suggesting larger class sizes than the regional norm.

Mater Academy Charter High School operates as a publicly funded charter school. These designations affect funding, enrollment policy, and the kinds of state and federal accountability measures the campus is subject to.

State accountability ratings for FDOE are released annually and combine student achievement, growth, and closing-the-gaps metrics. The Miami publishes rating updates as soon as they become public each fall, with comparisons to nearby campuses and prior-year trends.

High school news from Mater Academy Charter High School — including graduation rates, college signing days, sports results, and state academic competitions — appears regularly in The Miami's Hialeah Gardens coverage.

Tip about Mater Academy Charter High School? Email editor@nexcom.media with the subject line "Mater Academy Charter High School". For more education coverage, see themiami.org/schools or browse The Miami's latest reporting at themiami.org/news. This profile uses public data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and is updated annually as new federal filings are released.