Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Mater Gardens Academy, Hialeah, FL

Charter schoolMater Gardens Academy is a public elementary school in Hialeah, part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. It enrolled 803 students in 2024-25, with 200.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "MATER GARDENS ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 803
Teachers (FTE): 4.0
Students per teacher: 200.8
Grades: K to 8

This school's ratio is 181.4 higher than the district figure of 19.4. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school200.8

District19.4

Florida18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 9010 NW 178th Ln, Hialeah, FL 33018
Phone: (305)512-9775
District: Miami-Dade County Public Schools
County: Miami-Dade County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 120039006019

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 371
Reduced-price lunch: 93
Free or reduced-price lunch: 46457.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 204Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Aventura Waterways K-8 Center 2,063 students
Keys Gate Charter School 1,950 students
Somerset Academy Silver Palms 1,890 students
Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8 1,729 students
Citrus Grove K-8 Center 1,583 students
Mater Academy 1,521 students
Palm Springs North Elementary School 1,422 students
Bob Graham Education Center 1,404 students
Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center 1,257 students
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center 1,246 students
Mater Grove Academy 1,233 students
Miami Lakes K-8 Center 1,196 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.