BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH

As an intimate elementary campus in MIAMI, Florida, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH teaches 453 students from grades K through 8, run under MIAMI-DADE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 60.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) reports that median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CYPRESS K-8 CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.5%.

BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH operates from a commuter-belt location. BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY SOUTH's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 453). Hispanic enrollment moved from 94% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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