YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY

YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, a micro-enrollment high school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE, works with 295 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% smaller than the state mean of about 1,035.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Black, 11% White, 4% Asian. Compared to Miami-Dade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YOUNG WOMENS 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 61.0%; YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY posts 88.0%, +27.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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