Mater Preparatory Academy, 601 NW 12th Ave.: K-5, 367 students (NCES 2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 grades.
Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Mater Preparatory Academy website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.
Mater Preparatory Academy is a public charter school at 601 NW 12th Ave., west of downtown. Its website describes it as serving kindergarten to fifth grade; federal records for 2024-25 list grades up to eighth. It earned a C in 2026 after a B in 2025.
Who to call
- Front office: 786-648-4580, 601 NW 12th Ave., Miami, FL 33136
- School website: materprepacademy.com
- District main line: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 305-995-1000
| Address | 601 NW 12th Ave., Miami, FL 33136 |
| Phone | 786-648-4580 |
| Grades | K to 5 |
| Type | Charter school |
| State school number | 13-3003 |
Principal
Principal Beatriz Morris, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 367 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 19 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 19.3 students per teacher. The NCES record lists kindergarten through eighth grade for that year; the school’s website now describes it as a K-5 school.
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.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C (51% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | B |
| 2023-24 | B |
From the 2026 grades file, where achievement is the share of tested students at grade level or above:
- Third grade English language arts achievement: 40%
- English language arts achievement: 43%
- Math achievement: 61%
- Science achievement: 41%
The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.
How to apply
Mater Preparatory Academy is a tuition-free public charter school in the Mater Academy network, so there is no attendance zone: families apply through the school’s website. Mater Academy’s posted enrollment and lottery policy (PDF), which it says applies to all Mater Academy schools, sets a registration and lottery date each year. Current students who return an Intent to Return form, siblings of enrolled students, children of the school’s teachers and some other groups are admitted without the lottery. If applicants outnumber seats in a grade, the rest are drawn at random, and the remaining numbers become the waiting list, which the school works through as seats open during the year. A notice on the site says applications for the 2027-28 school year are open for kindergarten to fifth grade.
Calendar and bell times
Check the school’s website for its calendar and bell times.
More on Miami schools
- Every public school in Miami
- Our Miami schools guide for the district calendar, registration and grades
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Mater Preparatory Academy serve?
Kindergarten through fifth grade, at 601 NW 12th Ave., Miami.
What is Mater Preparatory Academy’s school grade?
It earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 51% of possible points, after a B in 2025.
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