Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores, Miami Shores FL

Original Research by School Decision on Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores

Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores sits on NW 5th Avenue in Miami Shores, a residential village in Miami-Dade County where the surrounding streets are predominantly single-family neighborhoods with a modest commercial corridor along Northeast 2nd Avenue. The village is served by a local bus line, and a regional rail station is a few miles away, though most families in this area rely on cars for most daily trips.

The school is a charter, serving grades six through twelve within the Miami-Dade County Public Schools framework. Its enrollment is modest for a school covering that full span of middle and high school grades, and the student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is unusual for a Miami-Dade school and worth a parent asking about directly, since that figure sits well below what the surrounding region typically shows and may reflect how eligibility data was collected or reported rather than the actual economic circumstances of families enrolled. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available.

On the Florida state assessments, the picture is uneven. In reading and language arts, the school shows genuine strength: sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students all scored in the solid-majority-proficient range on FAST ELA, results that compare favorably against what many schools across the state report. Math tells a different story. Sixth and eighth grade math proficiency came in below half of students tested, a meaningful gap relative to the ELA results and something a parent should ask the school about, both in terms of where instruction is and what supports are available. Seventh grade math was stronger, clearing the majority threshold. Eighth grade science proficiency came in just above half of students tested. Trend data was not available, so whether these results are improving, holding, or declining cannot be determined from what was reported.

State testing covers only grades six through eight. The school runs through grade twelve, but Florida does not report FAST results at the high school level in the same format, so the academic performance data here reflects only the middle grades. A graduation rate was not available in the data provided. For families considering the high school years, that is a real gap, and asking the school directly about graduation outcomes, college placement, and any dual-enrollment or advanced coursework would be a reasonable next step. Program information was also not provided, so the breadth of AP, career pathways, or other high school offerings is not something that can be characterized here.

The comparison framework for this school yields little traction. The county-level district comparison set has too few schools to produce a meaningful proficiency index ranking, and chronic absenteeism data was not reported, so side-by-side positioning against Miami-Dade County peers is not possible from the available data.

The housing market around Miami Shores places typical home values above the statewide median and well above the national median, with values having edged slightly downward over the past year. Rents in the zip code are at a level that makes rent-to-income a stretch for households at the national median income, so the area skews toward owners or higher-earning renters. Families moving into the area should also know that Miami-Dade County Public Schools is managing a period of enrollment decline and has proposed closing or consolidating schools across the district, with boundary and grade-configuration changes possible before a school board vote in mid-2026. As a charter school, Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores operates separately from that boundary process, but families should confirm enrollment status and stability directly with the school.

A voter-approved property tax supporting teacher pay and school safety in the broader district is set to expire in 2027 unless renewed, which is relevant context for homeowners weighing long-term tax exposure in the county.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 51 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 64% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 54% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 60% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 674%

School 74% · District 63% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 773%

School 73% · District 62% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 60% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 46% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income80%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income72%Higher-income74%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income75%Higher-income73%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income46%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income65%Higher-income59%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income54%21 pp gap