Enrollment
138
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039008967
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY
13550 SW 256TH ST, HOMESTEAD, FL 33032 · (786) 504-3639 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
3 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 33% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 22% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.0%
FL avg 56.7%
Math
76.0%
FL avg 58.9%
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY this school | 138 | 2.2% | 80.5% |
| MY CA.SA CHARTER SCHOOL MIAMI | 115 | 5.2% | N/A |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY INTERAMERICAN CAMPUS MIAMI | 188 | 2.7% | 38.7% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF BROWARD K-8 HOLLYWOOD | 140 | 5.7% | 56.4% |
| GREENTREE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL SOUTHWEST RANCHES | 272 | 1.1% | 65.8% |
| TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT GATEWAY MIAMI | 333 | 11.7% | 91.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #143 of 2,136 | #28 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #416 of 2,149 | #75 of 279 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #62 of 2,149 | #20 of 279 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 138 | #2,164 of 2,267 | #279 of 290 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #2,180 of 2,188 | #282 of 283 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 138 | 7 | 19.7:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 3 | 26.7:1 | 4% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 64 | N/A | N/A | 72% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY.
About SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY is the name of a very small elementary school in HOMESTEAD, Florida. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 138 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 77% below average.
MIAMI-DADE is the local district for SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY. It runs 527 schools with 335,685 students.
The share of students at SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY who are Hispanic is 94%. Enrollment also includes 4% Black. Among people living in Miami-Dade County, the Hispanic share is about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.7 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. About 2% of students at SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 46 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Florida public elementary schools.
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY scores 80.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 80.1%.
Looking at the county, Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools.
SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS AT PRINCETON, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 HOMESTEAD
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,323 students
- KEYS GATE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,950 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMSElementary · 1,890 students
- SOUTH DADE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,304 students
- GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTERElementary · 1,165 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY SILVER PALMS AT PRINCETON0.6 mi · 574
- MIAMI MACARTHUR EDUCATIONAL CENTER0.6 mi · 97
- DR. WILLIAM A. CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 515
- AIR BASE K-8 CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION1.2 mi · 1,131
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 971
- COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY1.5 mi · 1,159
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY?
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 138 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY serve?
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY.
How diverse is SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY?
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS ACADEMY?
SOUTH PREP SCHOLARS 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.