The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in English language arts. The lowest is 25% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Colegiate Preparatory Academy
Collegiate Preparatory Academy is a small charter school in Miami serving grades six through twelve, located on NE 17th Avenue in the northeastern part of the city. With a very small total enrollment across seven grades, the school is considerably smaller than most middle-high configurations in Miami-Dade County, and some individual grade levels have only a handful of students. That scale shapes everything from classroom feel to how state data gets reported.
On state assessments, the picture is mixed and partly incomplete. For sixth grade, both math and ELA results were suppressed, likely because the grade's enrollment is small enough that Florida withholds the figures. For seventh grade, roughly half of students tested as proficient in math and somewhat under half in ELA. In eighth grade, math proficiency dropped to well below half of students, while ELA was the strongest result across the reported grades, with a majority of eighth-graders meeting the standard. Eighth-grade science, however, came in at roughly a quarter of students proficient, which is the lowest reported figure across any tested subject and grade. These results sit below what many families would expect of a school using "preparatory" in its name, and parents may want to ask the school directly about its academic support structures and how results have been trending. Multi-year trend data was not available in the data provided, so there is no way to say whether performance is improving, declining, or holding steady.
The school does not serve grades below sixth, so there are no elementary testing results. It does serve through twelfth grade, which means graduation rate data would normally apply, but no graduation rate was reported in the data available here. Program offerings were also not included in the data provided, so it is not possible to say whether Collegiate Preparatory carries AP courses, dual enrollment, or career pathways, all of which would matter for a college-prep positioning. A parent evaluating this school for high school should ask specifically about those offerings.
Demographically, the school is roughly split between Hispanic and white students, with smaller shares of Black and Asian students. Almost no students are identified as qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a striking contrast to Miami-Dade County Public Schools broadly, where economic need is widespread. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported.
The comparison framework for Miami-Dade County did not produce applicable metrics, partly because the county's district comparison set is very small and partly because key school-level measures like chronic absenteeism were absent from the data.
The surrounding neighborhood sits in a part of Miami near Biscayne Bay. Miami itself is a large, dense urban city with strongly differentiated neighborhoods, and the school's zip code places it in a housing market where home values have come down notably over the past year and now sit below the statewide median. Rents in the area are also softening slightly. The rent-to-income ratio remains elevated, a condition that broadly characterizes the Miami metro. The city is very walkable overall, with transit options including the Metrorail and the free downtown Metromover.
At the district level, Miami-Dade County Public Schools is navigating significant enrollment decline, and the district proposed closing or combining multiple schools across all three regions as of spring 2026. Families new to the area should be aware that school assignments and grade configurations could shift. A property-tax referendum passed in 2022 raised the school tax rate to fund teacher compensation and campus safety, with that rate set to expire in 2027 unless renewed. A statewide cell phone policy is also expected to take effect by end of 2026, which will shape classroom rules across all Miami-Dade schools.
Collegiate Preparatory Academy is a very small charter option for families who want a combined middle and high school environment outside the traditional district structure. The academic results available are below midpoint for most tested grades and subjects, and several key measures were either suppressed or missing entirely. Families drawn to its size and setting would benefit from a deeper conversation with the school about curriculum, college placement, and support structures before enrolling.
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