Southside Preparatory Academy is at 45 SW 13th St, Miami, FL 33130, serving Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Pre-kindergarten through grade 8 are offered here. The school enrolls 937 students. The student-teacher ratio is 18:1 with 51 full-time equivalent teachers and 2 counselors. The student body is evenly split at 50% female and 50% male. State testing shows 60% of students scored at or above proficient in math and 62% achieved reading proficiency, both exceeding district and state averages. Renamed from Southside Elementary in 2019, Southside Preparatory Academy is Miami-Dade County's oldest elementary school — founded in 1914 — operating now as a PK–8 preparatory campus in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school's Brickell location puts it at the center of Miami's fastest-growing luxury residential corridor, directly adjacent to the Metrorail Brickell Station. Residential properties in this corridor trade near $620,000 across Miami-Dade, with Brickell condo properties commanding some of the metro's highest per-square-foot values. Southside Preparatory Academy ranks #469 in Florida Elementary Schools and is among the best elementary schools in Florida for combined proficiency in Miami's urban core.