The top reported proficiency rate is 90% in Math. The lowest is 86% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Doral Academy
Doral Academy is a charter elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Doral, Florida, operating within the Miami-Dade public school system. Its academic results stand out clearly. Across every tested grade and subject on Florida's FAST assessments, proficiency rates sit well into the high eighties and low nineties, a genuinely strong showing for an elementary school. Math proficiency is particularly consistent across third, fourth, and fifth grade, with the fourth-grade cohort posting the highest mark of the three. ELA results follow a similar pattern, with a modest dip at fourth grade before recovering at fifth. Fifth graders also posted high marks on the state science assessment. These are not numbers that require hedging; taken together they reflect a school where the large majority of students are meeting Florida's grade-level standards in reading, math, and science.
The student body is large for an elementary school, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across all six grade levels. The population is overwhelmingly Hispanic, reflecting the character of Doral itself, which has a pronounced South American influence and a notably large Venezuelan community. Asian students make up a small share, white students a smaller one, and all other groups are negligible. Nearly half of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a range of economic circumstances even as Doral broadly skews toward higher-income households. Data on English learner identification rates and students with IEPs were not reported in the materials available, so parents whose children may need those services will want to ask the school directly about supports.
Doral itself has grown rapidly out of what was once a largely industrial and commercial corridor west of Miami International Airport. Publicly reported information describes the city as now a mix of gated residential communities, dense multifamily housing, and a walkable town center in the Downtown Doral district, which was purpose-built from a former suburban office park. Outside that core, the city remains largely car-dependent. Major corporate employers including Carnival Corporation, Univision, and Telemundo are based here, and the logistics and import-export sectors benefit from the city's airport adjacency. The population skews younger and the city has attracted substantial residential construction, with apartment towers and new townhouse communities adding density alongside the established single-family subdivisions.
Housing in the zip code has seen a meaningful year-over-year decline in estimated values, and rents have also eased slightly, though rental costs relative to income remain elevated. The price-to-income ratio for buyers runs well above national norms, and the monthly carrying cost of a typical home at current mortgage rates reflects that pressure. For families weighing the area, the housing market context is worth careful attention.
On the Miami-Dade district side, a few things are worth knowing. Voters approved a property tax increase a few years ago to fund teacher pay and school safety staffing; that levy is set to expire in 2027 unless renewed, which affects both district finances and homeowner costs. Separately, the district is navigating a sustained enrollment decline that has prompted proposals to close or consolidate multiple schools, with some boundary and grade-structure changes already in process. As a charter school, Doral Academy operates somewhat independently within that framework, but families should still be aware that the broader district environment is in flux. A state-level cell phone policy is also working its way toward implementation, which will eventually govern classroom rules across all Miami-Dade schools.
A graduation rate does not apply here because the school serves only elementary grades. Multi-year trend data were not available in the materials provided, so it is not possible to characterize whether performance has been rising or holding steady. Program offerings were also not reported, so parents interested in enrichment, arts, dual-language, or intervention programs will want to ask the school directly. What the data does show, plainly, is a charter elementary school with high tested proficiency across all subjects, in a city that is growing fast and changing shape, drawing families who are largely Hispanic and spanning a real range of household incomes.
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