The top reported proficiency rate is 10% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on New Opportunity Educational Center
New Opportunity Educational Center sits on NW 27th Avenue in Miami's northwest corridor, classified as an alternative school serving grades one through twelve within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Understanding what this school is requires starting with what alternative schools in a district like Miami-Dade are designed to do: they typically serve students whose circumstances make a traditional school setting difficult or inadequate, whether due to age, credit recovery needs, behavioral history, or other factors. The data we have is sparse, and that sparseness itself is meaningful context.
Enrollment data in the record shows zero students across every grade, which most likely reflects a data reporting gap or a period between enrollment cycles rather than a literal absence of students, since the school is listed as open. Demographic composition, free-and-reduced-price lunch participation, and special population counts are all absent from the data. No programs listing was available. A parent seeking specifics about the school's structure, admission criteria, and student supports would need to contact the school directly or reach out to Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
State assessment results are limited and sobering. Florida's FAST assessments are reported here only for eighth grade, the one grade where results were not suppressed, and both the math and ELA proficiency rates for eighth graders land very low. Science results for eighth grade were suppressed due to small group size. Scores for sixth and seventh grade were also suppressed, likely reflecting small tested populations. The comparison framework found the data too thin to position the school against other Miami-Dade district entities in a meaningful way. These proficiency numbers warrant a conversation with school staff about how student progress is tracked and supported, since alternative schools often serve students who enter with significant gaps and the raw proficiency figure alone does not capture whether students are gaining ground.
Graduation rate data was not available for this school.
The school sits inside Miami-Dade County Public Schools, a large urban district currently navigating notable turbulence. Publicly reported figures indicate the district is experiencing sharp enrollment decline, and in spring 2026 it proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools. Families considering any school in the district should be aware that attendance boundaries and school configurations may shift, and that reassignment is a real possibility depending on where a family lives. The district's operating tax rate was raised through a voter-approved referendum a few years ago, with that higher rate set to expire unless renewed, which is relevant for homeowners in the county.
Housing near the school's zip code reflects Miami's broader affordability strain. Home values in the area are well above both the state and national medians, and rents consume a substantial share of income for a typical household, with the rent-to-income ratio sitting meaningfully above what financial advisors generally consider sustainable. Values have edged slightly lower year over year, a small movement in what remains a high-cost market.
Miami as a city offers the kind of density and urban infrastructure that some families find genuinely useful. The Metrorail and the free Metromover connect much of the core to employment and services, walkability scores in many neighborhoods are high, and the public library system spans more than fifty branches. The northwest Miami corridor where this school sits is residential and closer to the city's working-class fabric than to the high-rise redevelopment concentrated in Brickell and Downtown. Major employers in the metro include Miami-Dade County Public Schools itself, health systems, the University of Miami, and a cluster of government entities, which gives the region a reasonably broad employment base.
For a family whose student fits the alternative setting, what matters most here is less the proficiency snapshot and more the specific support structure the school offers: how credits are earned, what counseling looks like, and what the pathway to graduation involves. Those details were not in the available data, and a direct conversation with the school is the right next step.
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