Editing Homestead, Florida (section)

==Education==

===Public schools===

Homestead is within the [[Miami-Dade County Public Schools]] district.

Homestead and the region<!--May be good to find exact attendance boundary maps and the city map of Homestead and figure out exactly which schools serve the city limits. There are schools with "Homestead, FL" addresses outside of the city limits--> are zoned to the following elementary, middle and K–8 center schools:

* Air Base K–8 Center
* Avocado Elementary School
* Campbell Drive K–8 Center
* Campbell Drive Middle School
* Coconut Palm K–8 Academy
* Gateway Environmental K–8 Learning Center
** It opened with grades Kindergarten through 4 in 2009, making it the first district-operated public school established in Homestead in a period of more than 30 years. It would add an additional grade level per year until it had 8th grade. Its cafeteria is named Croc Café after its mascot, the crocodile. Each class does a different science project each year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mazzei|first1=Patricia|last2=Sampson|first2=Hannah|last3=McGrory|first3=Kathleen|title=On first day, a very famous visitor|newspaper=[[Miami Herald]]|date=2009-08-25|pages=1B–2B}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80463969/for-mourning-hs/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80464100/for-mourning-hs/ of second page].</ref>
* Homestead Middle School
* Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K–8 Center
* Laura C. Saunders Elementary School
* Leisure City K–8 Center
* Mandarin Lakes K–8 Academy
* Miami MacArthur South
* Neva King Cooper Education
* Redland Elementary School
* Redland Middle School
* Redondo Elementary School
* School for Advanced Studies-Homestead
* South Dade Middle School (Grades 4–8)
* West Homestead Elementary School
* William A. Chapman Elementary School
* MAST (Medical Academy for Science and Technology) @ Homestead
* Somerset Academy South Homestead Middle - High
* Somerset City Arts Conservatory

Most of Homestead is zoned to [[Homestead High School (Homestead, Florida)|Homestead High School]], while a northwest portion is zoned to [[South Dade High School]], located outside the city limits in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.

Homestead is zoned to South Dade Educational Center.{{which|date=May 2020}}

===Charter schools===

Homestead also has the following [[charter school]]s:
* Keys Gate Charter School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keyscharter.org/|title=Keys Gate Charter School - A tuition-free public charter school|website=Keys Gate Charter School|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
* Waterstone Charter School
* Advantage Academy of Math and Science at Waterstone
* Everglades Preparatory Academy
* ASPIRA South Youth Leadership Charter School
* Mavericks High of South Miami Dade County
* Somerset City Arts Conservatory
* Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School (South Homestead)
* Somerset Academy (Silver Palms)
* Somerset Oaks Academy
* Summerville Advantage Academy
* School for Integrated Academics and Technologies (SIATech)

===Private schools===

The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami]] previously operated Sacred Heart School in Homestead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiarch.org/ministry/schools/schoolsdetail.cfm?s_id=50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040217121149/http://www.miamiarch.org/ministry/schools/schoolsdetail.cfm?s_id=50|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-02-17|title=Sacred Heart|publisher=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami]]|date=2004-02-17|access-date=2020-05-09|quote=300 SE 1st Drive [...] Homestead, Florida 33030}}</ref> It closed in 2009.<ref name=Johnsonschoolclosed>{{cite web|author=Johnson, Akilah|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2009-01-23-0901220520-story.html|title=Six schools to close as Archdiocese retrenches|newspaper=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]]|date=2009-01-23|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===

Homestead is also home to [[Miami-Dade College]] Homestead Campus.