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Enrollment
781
Combined
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039007855
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY
1500 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI, FL 33132 · (305) 995-1928 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
172 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
93.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
84.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
781
-47 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.9:1
% White
20%
was 24%
% Hispanic
61%
was 53%
% Black
10%
was 20%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About I PREPARATORY ACADEMY
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY is an all-grades campus of substantial scale in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, hosting 781 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 121% larger than the state mean of about 353.
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that enrolls 335,685 students overall.
In terms of who attends, I PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 20% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.
With demographic context factored in, I PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 70.1%; I PREPARATORY ACADEMY posts 92.6%, +22.5 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which I PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: MIAMI-DADE ONLINE ACADEMY- VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, I PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at I PREPARATORY ACADEMY has shrank 6%, going from 828 students in 2018 to 781 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- MIAMI-DADE ONLINE ACADEMY- VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.1 mi · 297
- CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER N0.3 mi · 37
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF GREATER MIAMI0.4 mi · 388
- PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 145
- THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 168
- FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About I PREPARATORY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at I PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 781 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does I PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at I PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at I PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 18.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at I PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At I PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 20% White, 61% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees I PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
I PREPARATORY ACADEMY is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.