Original Research by School Decision on Hive Preparatory School - Riverside
Hive Preparatory School - Riverside is a charter school operating in Miami, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It sits in Miami-Dade County's northwest, addressed along NW 171st Street, placing it in the outer residential stretches of the city rather than in the denser urban core.
The available data for this school is extremely thin. Enrollment figures show zero students recorded across every grade, and no demographic breakdown, free-and-reduced-price-lunch data, or special-population figures are available. State assessment results are absent entirely, and there are no multi-year academic trends to draw from. No program offerings, staffing ratios, attendance figures, or discipline data were available either. The comparison set for Miami-Dade County's districts could not place this school on any academic metric because no school-level values were present. It is unclear from the data whether the school is newly opened, operating at a very early stage, or whether reporting gaps account for the missing figures. A family seriously considering this school would want to contact it directly to understand its current enrollment, how it operates day to day, and what academic programming it offers.
What can be said is that the school holds an open operational status as a public charter and is authorized as a regular school rather than an alternative or specialized setting. It serves the full elementary and middle school span, which means state testing would ordinarily apply to the upper grades once enrollment is active and reportable, though no results appear here.
The surrounding housing market, which applies to the zip code the school sits in, shows home values running modestly above the Florida state benchmark and somewhat above the national figure, though both values have edged down year over year. Rents in the area have also dipped slightly. The price-to-income ratio is well above the national norm, meaning affordability is a real constraint for many families, and rent consumes a substantial share of a typical household's income. Families weighing a move to this part of Miami-Dade should factor that in alongside school selection.
The broader district context matters here. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the district this charter operates within, has seen a sharp enrollment decline, and publicly reported accounts indicate the district proposed closing or consolidating multiple schools in spring 2026 in response. While charter schools have their own governance and are not directly subject to district attendance boundary changes, families should be aware of the shifting landscape in the broader system. The district also passed a property tax referendum a few years ago to fund teacher pay and school safety, which carries an ongoing cost for homeowners and is set to expire unless voters renew it. A separate statewide push toward a school-day cell phone prohibition, expected to require a district-wide policy by the end of 2026, is also publicly reported as working its way through Florida legislation.
Miami itself is a large, dense city whose neighborhoods vary widely. The address places this school in a part of the city that is more residential and further from the walkable downtown core, where civic amenities like the Metrorail, Metromover, public libraries, and cultural institutions are concentrated. The city's major employment is spread across government, health care, education, and tourism, with a transit network that serves downtown Miami well but requires more reliance on driving in outlying areas.
Given how little verifiable data exists for this school at this time, it would be premature to characterize its academic standing, peer environment, or program depth. A parent would be well served by reaching out to the school directly before drawing conclusions.
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