BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER

BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER is a modestly sized elementary campus in MIAMI, Florida, part of ORANGE. The school enrolls 299 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.5%; BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER posts 22.5%, -30.0 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER has edged down 14%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.