The top reported proficiency rate is 79% in Math. The lowest is 63% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton
Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Homestead, at the southern edge of Miami-Dade County. Despite being listed as a K-8 school in directory records, enrollment data shows students only in kindergarten through fifth grade, with no students reported in grades six through eight. Parents should confirm the current grade configuration directly with the school before enrolling.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, reflecting the demographics of the surrounding Homestead community, and the large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. This is a school where most families are navigating tight household budgets, and the shared economic context is part of the peer environment. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available, so it is worth asking the school directly about support services in those areas.
On Florida's state assessments, third and fourth graders post strong math proficiency rates, well above what one might expect from a high-poverty school. ELA results at those same grade levels are solid, in the mid-seventies range by proportion proficient. By fifth grade, both math and ELA results step down noticeably, and science proficiency in fifth grade falls to the lower sixties. These are not alarming numbers but the drop from the earlier grades is real, and a parent of an older elementary student may want to ask the school what accounts for the pattern. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether this gap is widening, narrowing, or stable.
No program offerings were reported in the data, so specific academic enrichment, arts, or extracurricular programming cannot be described here. Graduation rate data does not apply because the school does not serve high school grades. Comparison metrics against other districts in Miami-Dade County were not computed for this school because the comparison pool was too small to be meaningful.
The school sits in the Silver Palms area of Homestead, one of the master-planned residential communities that have defined the city's growth over the past two decades. Homestead is a spread-out, car-oriented city at the gateway to the Everglades and the Florida Keys, with a historic downtown that has undergone active revitalization, including a new public library, an entertainment complex, and streetscape upgrades. The surrounding housing market has seen home values dip modestly year over year while rents have edged up slightly, and the area's price-to-income ratio sits in territory that makes ownership a stretch for many households. Major employers include Homestead Hospital, the Air Reserve Base, Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, and a range of retail, construction, and food-service businesses.
Families considering the area through the Miami-Dade district lens should know that the district is managing a meaningful enrollment decline, and publicly reported accounts from 2026 describe proposals to close or consolidate up to nine schools across the county. Charter schools like this one operate somewhat separately from those reassignment pressures, but families should verify directly whether the school's own enrollment and status could be affected. The district also passed a property-tax referendum in 2022 that runs through 2027, adding a cost for homeowners while funding teacher pay and campus safety staffing. A statewide cell phone policy for schools is also in progress under Florida legislation, which will eventually govern classroom phone use in this building as well.
Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton fits a family looking for a charter option in the growing southern corridor of Miami-Dade, with strong early-grade math results and a community that is predominantly Hispanic and working-class. The school's older-grade performance and program offerings are areas worth probing in conversation with school staff before making a decision.
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