BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH

Located at 9085 HAPPY HOLLOW RD, in DELRAY BEACH, Florida, BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH is a tiny primary school that educates 136 students (grades K through 8), run under PALM BEACH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH is among them.

On the student-mix side, BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH shows that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 30% Black, 24% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -9.1 points.

In the broader community, Palm Beach County reports that median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAGEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 3.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH. On composite proficiency, BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 72.6%.

BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH operates from a small-town location. BRIDGE PREP ACADEMY OF PALM BEACH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 28%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 136 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment rose from 11% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.