Bridgeprep Academy of Miami Dade, Doral FL

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeprep Academy of Miami Dade

BridgePrep Academy of Miami Dade is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, located on the western side of Doral in Miami-Dade County. It draws from one of the faster-growing and more affluent communities in South Florida, a city shaped by its proximity to Miami International Airport and a strong South American cultural presence. The school operates independently of Miami-Dade County Public Schools' enrollment and boundary decisions, so the district's recent wave of proposed closures and consolidations affecting traditional public schools does not directly alter which school BridgePrep families attend.

The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, reflecting the makeup of Doral itself, where Venezuelan and broader Latin American communities are heavily represented. Only a very small share of enrolled students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is unusually low for a Miami-area school and suggests a relatively affluent family base. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs was not available in what we received.

On Florida's statewide FAST assessments, math results are the clearer strength. Proficiency rates in the early and middle elementary grades are solid, and fifth grade holds up well. By seventh grade the math rate dips meaningfully, and eighth grade recovers somewhat but stays below the elementary-year performance. ELA tells a different story: third grade proficiency is reasonable, but fourth grade drops to roughly half of students scoring proficient, and the upper grades cluster in the low-to-mid fifties. That sustained pattern across sixth, seventh, and eighth grade in reading and writing is worth asking the school about directly. Science results from fifth grade come in above the midpoint; eighth grade science proficiency falls to well under half of students. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether performance is improving, holding, or declining.

No program offerings data was provided for this school, so AP courses, dual enrollment, electives, and extracurricular activities could not be assessed here. Because BridgePrep serves only through eighth grade, graduation rate data does not apply.

Doral itself has become a genuinely mixed-use city rather than a purely suburban bedroom community. Walkability exists in concentrated pockets, particularly in the Downtown Doral and CityPlace areas, which have purpose-built pedestrian streets, public plazas, and ground-floor retail. Outside those corridors the city follows a more conventional South Florida suburban pattern of gated and master-planned communities where getting around by car is the default. Civic infrastructure has expanded with Doral Central Park's wide amenity set and a new branch library coming to Downtown Doral. The city's free trolley connects to Metrorail's northern terminus, offering regional transit access without a car.

Housing in the area has seen values soften over the past year, with home prices running modestly below both the state and national medians as of spring 2026. Rents have also edged down slightly. Both figures, though, place homeownership well above what a median national income would comfortably support, and rent consumes a substantial share of local household income. Miami-Dade voters approved a school property tax increase in 2022 that remains in effect through 2027, adding an ongoing cost for homeowners in the district.

For a family weighing this school, the math program through the early and middle grades is doing reasonable work, and the charter setting means enrollment is a deliberate choice rather than a geographic default. The ELA and upper-grade science results are soft enough that parents should ask the school specifically about its literacy and science progression from fifth grade onward, and about what support structures exist for students who are not yet proficient by the time they reach middle school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 69% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 10 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 575%

School 75% · District 62% · ▲ 13 pts above district

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

Grade 670%

School 70% · District 64% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 54% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 60% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 60% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 10 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 566%

School 66% · District 60% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 63% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 62% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 852%

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

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

Science

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 56% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 46% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 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.