Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, 105 Minorca Ave.: pre-K to grade 8, 812 students (NCES 2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Coral Gables Preparatory Academy website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundaries.

Coral Gables Preparatory Academy is a Miami-Dade County Public Schools pre-K to eighth grade school on Minorca Avenue in northern Coral Gables. More Coral Gables address points fall in its attendance zone than in any other elementary school’s: about 36% in the county’s map. It runs through eighth grade.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-448-1731, 105 Minorca Ave., Coral Gables, FL 33134
  • School website: coralgablesprepacademy.net
  • Enrolling: the school’s new student registration page; choice questions go to the district’s School Choice and Parental Options office, 305-995-1922
  • School buses: the district’s transportation department
  • Concerns the school cannot resolve: the district’s Central Region Office, 305-499-5050, which the principal’s message names
  • District main line: 305-995-1000
Address 105 Minorca Ave., Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone 305-448-1731
Grades Pre-K to 8
Mascot Eagles
District Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Jeanette Sierra, according to the school’s administration page and principal’s message.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 812 students in the 2024-25 school year, 20 of them in pre-K and 249 in grades 6 to 8, with 45 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 18 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 700 students against a capacity of 857; it does not give a date for that count.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. The state says school grades “provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school,” in its 2026 school grades overview. As a K-8 school, its grade includes social studies and middle school acceleration as well as reading, math and science.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (78% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

From the 2026 grades file, where achievement is the share of tested students at grade level or above:

  • Third grade English language arts achievement: 88%
  • English language arts achievement: 84%
  • Math achievement: 82%
  • Science achievement: 77%
  • Social studies achievement: 98%
  • Middle school acceleration (eligible students passing a high school end-of-course exam or earning an industry certification): 66%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.

Attendance zone

The district’s directory describes the zone this way: from SW 57th Avenue (Red Road) and SW Eighth Street, east to SW 37th Avenue, then in steps south and east to SW 27th Avenue and SW 19th Street, back west to SW 37th Avenue at SW 22nd Street, south to Palermo Avenue, west to Alhambra Circle, south to the Waterway Canal and west to Red Road. The directory says the zone was updated for the 2015-16 school year. Part of it lies in Miami, east of the city line. Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

The district’s directory places the school in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern. The zone it describes lies inside the Ponce de Leon Middle zone.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s directory:

  • Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade: 8:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
  • Grades 2 to 8: 8:35 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.

The school posts an events calendar. Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Friday, Oct. 16: end of the first grading period
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher planning day, no students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving holiday and recess day
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter recess

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Coral Gables Preparatory Academy serve?

Pre-K through eighth grade, at 105 Minorca Ave. in Coral Gables.

What is Coral Gables Preparatory Academy’s school grade?

It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 78% of possible points, and an A in each of the two years before.

Which part of Coral Gables is zoned for Coral Gables Preparatory Academy?

The north of the city. In Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary map, about 36% of Coral Gables address points are in its zone, which the district describes as running from SW Eighth Street south to the Waterway Canal and Palermo Avenue, between Red Road and SW 37th Avenue, with a section reaching east to SW 27th Avenue.

Which high school does Coral Gables Preparatory Academy feed into?

The district’s school directory places it in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern.

What time does Coral Gables Preparatory Academy start?

Classes start at 8:35 a.m. Pre-K, kindergarten and first grade end at 2:05 p.m. and grades 2 to 8 at 3:05 p.m., according to the district’s directory.