Southside Preparatory Academy, 45 SW 13th St.: Pre-K-8, 873 students (NCES 2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Southside Preparatory Academy website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory and Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary maps and address points.

Southside Preparatory Academy is at 45 SW 13th St. in Brickell, in the historic Southside School building. It is the neighborhood school for Brickell and the area west to SW Fifth Avenue, and it runs a museums magnet program. It earned an A in each of the last three years.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-371-3311, 45 SW 13th St., Miami, FL 33130
  • School website: southsideowls.org
  • Enrolling: register in person at the school assigned to your address; the district’s registration guide (PDF) lists what to bring
  • Magnet and choice questions: the district’s School Choice and Parental Options office, 305-995-1922
  • School buses: the district’s transportation department
  • District main line: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 305-995-1000
Address 45 SW 13th St., Miami, FL 33130
Phone 305-371-3311
Grades Pre-K to 8
Mascot Owls
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-5321

Principal

Principal Linette Tellez, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 873 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 52 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 849 students against a capacity of 887; it does not give a date for that count.

Magnet program

The school’s website describes Southside Elementary Museums Magnet School, committed to a learning environment built with museums throughout the community.

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 A (65% 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: 70%
  • English language arts achievement: 70%
  • Math achievement: 72%
  • Science achievement: 56%
  • Social studies achievement: 70%
  • Middle school acceleration: 71%

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 Biscayne Bay and SE 15th Road, the line runs northwest on SE 15th Road to SW Fifth Avenue, north to SW Eighth Street, east to I-95, north to the Miami River, east to Biscayne Bay, south on Biscayne Bay to SE 15th Road, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 1970-71 school year.

In Miami-Dade County’s elementary attendance boundary map, 645 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 0.8%, fall in its zone.

The district’s directory places Southside Preparatory Academy in the Booker T. Washington Senior High feeder pattern.

Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

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.
  • All, Wednesdays: 8:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.

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 Southside Preparatory Academy serve?

Pre-K through eighth grade, at 45 SW 13th St., Miami.

What is Southside Preparatory Academy’s school grade?

It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 65% of possible points, after an A in 2025.

Which high school does Southside Preparatory Academy feed into?

The district’s school directory places it in the Booker T. Washington Senior High feeder pattern.

What time does Southside Preparatory Academy start?

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.; All, Wednesdays, 8:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.. From the district’s school directory.