Original Research by School Decision on Mater Academy at Hialeah Park
Mater Academy at Hialeah Park is a charter school that was listed within the Miami-Dade public school system and served the middle grades. The record shows it has since closed, and no operational details about its programs, staff, or student body are available in the data. Because the school is no longer active, families researching current enrollment options should treat this profile as historical rather than actionable.
Academic performance data was not available for this school, and enrollment, demographic, and student-support figures are all absent from the record. Whether this reflects the timing of the closure relative to when data was collected, or gaps in prior reporting, the data does not say. What can be said is that no test results, graduation figures, or course-access details exist to characterize the school's academic program, and a graduation rate does not apply here since the school served only the middle level.
For families who are newly arriving in the Miami area or reconsidering their options in Miami-Dade, the district context matters regardless of which school is under consideration. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is navigating a sustained and sharp enrollment decline, and publicly reported plans include closing or consolidating up to nine schools across the district's regions. Grade configurations are being reworked, with new K-8, 6-12, and K-12 structures proposed. Families moving in should expect that school assignments and grade-band structures could shift, and checking directly with the district before settling on an address is worth the effort.
A voter-approved property tax increase, passed in late 2022, raised the school tax rate to fund teacher pay and campus safety staffing. That higher rate is set to expire unless renewed, and homeowners in Miami-Dade carry that cost in their tax bills for now. On phones, Miami-Dade initially took an education-based approach rather than an outright ban, but state legislation advancing through Tallahassee would require a stricter districtwide cellphone policy to be in place by the end of 2026.
The surrounding housing market in this zip code is expensive by any Florida measure, sitting well above the state median and carrying a rent-to-income ratio that puts meaningful pressure on household budgets. Home values here have edged up modestly year over year while the statewide median has dipped slightly, which positions this corner of Miami-Dade as a market holding its ground even as broader Florida softens.
Miami itself is a large, dense urban city with strongly differentiated neighborhoods. Employment is anchored by government at the county, state, and federal levels, alongside major health systems like Baptist Health South Florida and Jackson Health System, the University of Miami, American Airlines at Miami International, and Florida International University. Downtown has shifted over the past decade from a daytime-only business center to a mixed residential and commercial environment, and the free Metromover and the 25-mile Metrorail system give residents transit options that are unusual by Sun Belt standards. Development continues at scale, including the large Miami Worldcenter project north of downtown, even as county-level population began to contract recently amid an immigration slowdown.
Because the school itself is closed, there is no current program, staffing, or community to characterize beyond what the record holds.
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