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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY

1570 MADRUGA AVE, CORAL GABLES, FL 33146 · (305) 663-7200 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Florida public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools

Enrollment
375
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
63 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 98723%
Grade 109926%
Grade 118523%
Grade 1210428%
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
4111%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
32386%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16143%
Female
21457%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
83.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2583.8%89.0%
2023-2481.2%74.0%
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
83.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (83.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school37516.8%83.4%
J.C. BERMUDEZ DORAL SENIOR HIGH
DORAL
1,13320.7%58.9%
RONALD W. REAGAN/DORAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DORAL
1,28817.8%57.2%
NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
MIAMI
45122.4%83.7%
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH
MIAMI
48626.1%82.6%
CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CUTLER BAY
59029.7%77.7%
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
83.4%#45 of 555#13 of 85
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
89.0%#22 of 549
▲ 24
#8 of 82
▲ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
83.8%#50 of 559
▼ 1
#18 of 85
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
375#521 of 830#73 of 118
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.6:1#32 of 575#7 of 90
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.6%#548 of 594#58 of 91
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
16.8%#573 of 630#89 of 98
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+1.4%#228 of 246#26 of 27
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
375
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+2400% since 2010-11, when it was 15
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253752415.6:117% (63)
2023-243762316.4:123% (86)
2022-233812415.9:127% (102)
2020-213812118.1:141% (155)
2017-183702117.6:142% (156)
2015-163552116.9:150% (177)
2010-111553.0:140% (6)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

About INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY

In CORAL GABLES, Florida, part of Miami-Dade County, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a high school. The school has 375 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.

MIAMI-DADE is made up of 527 schools with 335,685 students in all.

Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY. The remaining shares are 11% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Miami-Dade County's population at about 69%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.

Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 17% of students at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County, the school's rate is lower.

Among Florida public high schools, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY would score about 72.8%. It scores 83.4%, 10.7 points above that figure.

In the wider Miami-Dade County area, median household income comes to about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Miami-Dade County counts 561 public schools with about 335,817 students.

Measured in a straight line, SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS) is about 0.3 miles from INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY. The five-mile area around INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 5th on proficiency.

Locale data from NCES put INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY was 381 in 2020-21 and 375 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.1:1 to 15.6:1.

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Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
1570 MADRUGA AVE, CORAL GABLES, FL 33146
Phone
(305) 663-7200
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
375
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
15.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
63 (17%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120039007811
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY
How large is INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
How diverse is INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 11% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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