Bridgeprep Academy South, Miami FL

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeprep Academy South

BridgePrep Academy South is a charter school in Miami's Westchester-Fontainebleau corridor, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. Its student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, and a substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-need context that is common across much of Miami-Dade County. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the sources used here, so parents seeking detail on those services should ask the school directly.

The academic picture from Florida's most recent FAST and statewide science assessments is uneven, and the patterns are worth understanding grade by grade. In third-grade math, the school's proficiency rate is quite strong by any measure. Eighth-grade math is also solid. The middle grades tell a different story: fifth, sixth, and seventh grade math proficiency sits below half of students tested, a meaningful gap that a family with a child entering upper elementary should ask the school about. In ELA, third grade is the high point, with a majority of students proficient; the pattern falls off from fourth grade onward, ranging from roughly half to well under half in seventh grade before recovering slightly in eighth. Science is the area of clearest concern. At both fifth and eighth grade, proficiency is low relative to what one would expect even in a challenging urban school context, and the eighth-grade science result in particular is something parents may want to explore further with the school.

Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or a stable baseline. No multi-year comparison exists in the data provided.

The school reports a music program. No other extracurricular or course-access information was available, and given that the school does not serve high school grades, AP, dual enrollment, and graduation rate measures do not apply here.

The surrounding zip code carries a housing market that sits substantially above both the Florida state median and the national median for home values, reflecting Miami's broader affordability pressure. Renting is expensive too, with the rent-to-income ratio suggesting renters in this part of the city are stretching a meaningful share of household income on housing. Both home values and rents have dipped slightly in the most recent year, though from elevated levels. Families considering this area for school access should factor in that Miami-Dade more broadly is dealing with declining enrollment, and the district publicly reported in spring 2026 that it was considering closing or consolidating up to nine schools, with several in the South Region included. A family moving to the area should verify whether BridgePrep Academy South, as a charter, would be affected by any boundary or consolidation changes at the district level, though charter operations are governed separately.

Miami itself is a large, dense urban city with a well-developed transit system, walkable neighborhoods in much of the core, and a civic and employment base anchored by government, healthcare, and education. The area around Southwest 56th Street is a residential part of the city with access to major commercial corridors. The Metrorail and Metromover give families car-free options to reach downtown and other parts of the county, though daily commute patterns in this part of Miami are still largely car-dependent.

One district-level note relevant to homeowners: Miami-Dade voters approved a property tax measure to fund teacher pay and school safety, and that higher rate is set to expire in 2027 unless renewed, which means another referendum is likely to come before families settled here by then.

For a family weighing BridgePrep Academy South, the school's early-grade math strength is genuine. The softer results in the middle grades, and particularly in science, are real and worth a direct conversation with school leadership about what interventions or supports are in place for students in grades five through seven.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 388%

School 88% · District 69% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 68% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 62% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 64% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 54% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 877%

School 77% · District 60% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 60% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 59% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 60% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 667%

School 67% · District 63% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 62% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 60% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 56% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 46% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income88%Higher-income67%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income56%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income52%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income65%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income52%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income65%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income88%Higher-income88%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income67%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income43%Higher-income38%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income56%Higher-income44%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income47%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income75%Higher-income80%5 pp gap