Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami Beach, North Miami Beach FL

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami Beach

BridgePrep Academy of North Miami Beach is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, located on NE 22nd Avenue in North Miami Beach, a city in Miami-Dade County. It sits within a broader Miami-Dade public school system, though as a charter it operates with its own governance separate from the traditional district structure.

The school's student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white and Black students. The free and reduced-price lunch rate is strikingly low, far below what one would typically see at a Miami-Dade charter serving this geography, which is worth asking the school about directly since it may reflect how eligibility data is collected or reported rather than the full economic picture of families enrolled. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available.

On Florida's state assessments, the most recent results tell a mixed story. In reading and language arts, proficiency rates across grades are generally in the low-to-mid sixties, with a dip in fifth grade and a slight recovery in the upper middle school grades. In math, the picture varies more noticeably by grade: fourth and seventh graders post the strongest results, while third, fifth, sixth, and eighth graders land closer to the low fifties. Science proficiency at the fifth grade level sits just below half, and at eighth grade it is noticeably lower. Taken together, ELA results are more consistent than math, and science at the middle school level is an area where families may want to ask the school what additional support looks like. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. The comparison data did not yield a meaningful peer comparison due to the small number of comparable entities in the county set.

No information on program offerings, AP or dual-enrollment access, extracurricular activities, or specific academic pathways was available in the data. Because BridgePrep Academy ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate and no AP or career and technical education context to report; those questions become relevant when a family starts planning for the high school transition.

The neighborhood around the school reflects North Miami Beach's broader character. It is a city organized into thirteen distinct neighborhoods, publicly described as blending residential blocks with active commercial corridors and carrying a pronounced Latin American and Caribbean cultural presence. The main NE 163rd Street corridor draws heavy traffic and anchors retail activity, while the city has been working to add pedestrian infrastructure in its downtown redevelopment zone. Jackson North Medical Center is among the area's larger employers, and the city has a free on-demand transit service that connects residents to daily destinations. The housing market here sits well above both the state and national medians, with home values having declined modestly over the past year while rents remain high relative to income. Renters carry a rent-to-income burden that exceeds what most financial benchmarks consider comfortable, and the gap between renting and owning is not large, which reflects how expensive the market is on both sides.

At the district level, Miami-Dade voters approved a property tax increase for teacher pay and school safety, currently set to expire in a few years unless renewed, so homeowners should factor that into cost of living calculations. More immediately relevant: the district is contending with sustained enrollment decline and has proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across all three regions, with new grade-band configurations such as K-8, 6-12, and K-12 schools possible. BridgePrep Academy, as a charter, sits somewhat apart from those reassignment pressures, but families considering the area's traditional public schools alongside this option should be aware that boundary and grade-structure changes are actively in play. A statewide cell phone policy covering the full school day is also moving through the Florida legislature, which will eventually affect classroom rules across all schools in the state.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 69% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 68% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 62% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 64% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 54% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 60% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 60% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 59% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 553%

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

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

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 63% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 60% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 56% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 46% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 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-income57%Higher-income69%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income62%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income58%Higher-income49%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income59%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income67%Higher-income61%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income65%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income58%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income60%Higher-income72%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income55%Higher-income49%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income52%2 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income61%Higher-income90%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income58%12 pp gap