Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead is a public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in Homestead, Florida, with a student population of 268. The school is part of the Miami-Dade school district, which is ranked 24th out of 68 districts in Florida and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
While the school has a predominantly Hispanic student population at 84.7%, it has seen a decline in its four-year graduation rate, from 96.4% in 2020-2021 to 83.9% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the 99.4% four-year graduation rate at the nearby Homestead Senior High School. Additionally, the school has experienced a steady increase in chronic absenteeism, from 23.6% in 2019-2020 to 31.8% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the 11.9% chronic absenteeism rate at the nearby School For Advanced Studies Homestead. The school's performance on standardized tests, including EOC (End of Course) exams and FAST (Florida Assessment of Student Thinking) assessments, has consistently underperformed compared to the Miami-Dade and Florida state averages.
Compared to nearby charter schools, such as Everglades Preparatory Academy High School and Charter High School Of The Americas (Florida City Campus), Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead performs significantly worse in terms of test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. The school also serves a predominantly low-income population, with 69.4% to 81.15% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch over the past three school years, and its spending per student has decreased from $12,339 in 2020-2021 to $7,558 in 2022-2023, which is lower than the spending at nearby public schools.
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Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead ranks 487th of 807 Florida high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.
Students at Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead are 85% Hispanic, 10% African American, 4% White.
In the 2022-23 school year, 268 students attended Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead.