The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in Math. The lowest is 42% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on International Studies Academy Middle School
International Studies Academy Middle School is a charter school serving grades six through eight, located on Sunset Drive in Miami. It draws from the Broward County public school system, though it sits physically in Miami-Dade. The school is small by most measures for its grade band, with roughly three cohorts of students spread evenly across the three middle grades.
The student body is a mix that skews toward Hispanic and white students, with those two groups together accounting for the large majority of enrollment. Black students make up a small fraction, and representation from other racial groups is minimal. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a range where economic need is real but not dominant. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the records reviewed, so a parent curious about those support structures would want to ask the school directly.
On Florida's FAST assessments, the academic picture is uneven in ways worth understanding. In sixth and seventh grade math, the school posts strong proficiency rates that sit well above what most observers would describe as a passing threshold. Sixth and seventh grade ELA results are more moderate, in a range that represents solid but not exceptional performance. The eighth grade picture shifts: math proficiency drops noticeably from the earlier grades, and ELA holds at roughly the same level as the younger cohorts. Eighth grade science, assessed through the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, comes in at a level that falls below the other subjects and grades, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. Trend data was not available, so whether these patterns represent improvement, stability, or decline over time is not something the current data can answer.
The school has no graduation rate to report because it serves only middle grades, and no AP or dual-enrollment programs apply at this level. Program details beyond what is reflected in the course data were not provided, so the school's specific curricular approach, international studies programming, or enrichment offerings are not described here beyond what the name itself implies.
The address places the school in a Miami neighborhood near South Miami and Coral Gables, an area that is among the more affluent pockets of greater Miami. Housing costs in the surrounding zip code are, by any national measure, extremely high, with home values that far exceed state and national medians and rental costs that also run steep. The rent-to-income ratio in this area points to a genuine affordability challenge for families without significant income, meaning the school's location does not reflect the economic profile of its students, who are drawn from a wider Broward enrollment zone.
Miami itself is a large, dense urban city where neighborhoods vary sharply in character. The transit infrastructure, including the Metrorail line connecting South Miami through downtown and the free Metromover serving the core, gives the city more mobility options than many Sun Belt peers. Publicly reported data indicates that Miami-Dade County as a whole has recently seen a population decline at the county level, with school enrollment also pulling back, likely connected to an immigration slowdown. That context may matter for a family thinking about the school's future enrollment trajectory, though the school's own charter status gives it some independence from district-level headcount shifts.
The Broward district brief search did not surface confirmed recent changes, so no parent-relevant district-level policy or program shifts are included here.
For a family considering this school, the clearest picture is a small charter middle school with strong math performance in the younger grades, moderate ELA results throughout, and a softer science result in eighth grade that merits a conversation with school leadership. The school's international studies identity and its specific programming are worth exploring directly, since that framing is the reason most families would seek it out, and the available data does not describe what that looks like in practice.
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