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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