Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green, Miami FL

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green

BridgePrep Academy of Village Green is a charter school in southwestern Miami, serving kindergarten through tenth grade, though the enrollment data shows that all students currently enrolled are in kindergarten through fifth grade. The upper grades appear to be either unpopulated or not yet active, so families considering middle or high school years should ask the school directly about the trajectory for those grades.

The school draws a deeply Hispanic student body, which reflects the surrounding area of southwest Miami. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a mix of families across the economic range but with a meaningful share of lower-income households. Data on English learner rates and special education enrollment were not reported, so parents of students in either category may want to ask those questions directly.

On the Florida state assessments, BridgePrep Village Green shows a clear pattern worth understanding. In third grade math, the school's proficiency rate is strong and well above what you might expect. Fourth grade math is solid. Fifth grade math drops noticeably, and the same broad pattern appears in reading: third and fourth grades hold steady in the low seventies, while fifth grade stays about the same. Fifth grade science comes in below the math and reading figures. The school does not have state testing results for middle or high school grades, because no students are currently enrolled in those grades. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these scores are improving or flat.

No information was provided about specific programs, electives, AP or dual enrollment offerings, staffing ratios, or attendance patterns. Those are real gaps for a family trying to understand daily life at the school, and a visit or direct conversation with school staff would fill them in.

The school sits in the southwestern Miami zip code area, where home values run well above the Florida state median and also above the national one, with recent modest softening year over year. Rents in the area consume a substantial share of a typical household's income, reflecting Miami's broader affordability crunch. Miami-Dade as a county is experiencing a real enrollment decline, and publicly reported coverage from spring 2026 indicates the district was weighing closure or consolidation of schools across all three of its geographic regions. As a charter school, BridgePrep Village Green operates somewhat independently of those decisions, but families should monitor any developments with the school's authorizer.

Voters in Miami-Dade approved a school property tax increase that runs through 2027, a direct cost for homeowners in the area. The state is also moving toward a stricter cell phone policy for all schools; Miami-Dade initially took an education-first approach rather than an outright ban, but statewide rules are expected to take effect by the end of 2026.

Miami itself is a dense, heavily urban city with genuinely walkable neighborhoods in many parts, strong transit infrastructure including Metrorail and the free Metromover, and a civic and cultural life anchored in its downtown. The school's actual neighborhood in the southwest of the city is more suburban in feel than the urban core, though it remains within the Miami grid. The city's employer base is concentrated in health care, government, education, and tourism, with a growing technology presence.

For a family with children in the early elementary years, BridgePrep Village Green offers strong third and fourth grade math results and steady reading scores, in a school that skews heavily Hispanic and sits in a high-cost housing market. The fifth grade numbers and the science result are softer, which a parent may want to explore further with the school. The picture for middle and high school years remains genuinely unclear from available data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 384%

School 84% · District 69% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 473%

School 73% · District 68% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 60% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 571%

School 71% · District 60% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above 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-income66%Higher-income75%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income65%Higher-income75%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income67%Higher-income75%8 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income48%Higher-income68%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income43%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income54%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income82%Higher-income88%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income64%Higher-income83%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income51%Higher-income69%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income53%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income42%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income35%6 pp gap