PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL

PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 229 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 78% leaner than typical.

PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL lists that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 19% Black.

On the resource side, PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PALM GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site. PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM GLADES PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 43%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 57.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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