Best Private Schools in Miami – 2024

College Admissions Highlights:  Recent Graduates have matriculated to these top institutions: UMich, UCLA, Harvard, Tufts, Stanford, Rutgers, Ohio State, Rice, Wash U, Vanderbilt, Penn, UNC Chapel Hill, UT Austin, UChicago, and Notre Dame.

Academic Highlights:  This is an all-girls school.  1:17 average teacher to student ratio.  36 countries are represented in our student body.  11 Varsity sports teams.  30 performing and visual arts courses. About 56 Advanced Topic, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses are offered. Student can graduate with an IB Diploma.

College Admissions Highlights:  Five or more students from the Classes of 2019-2023 went on to matriculate into Amherst, Barnard, BU, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Dartmouth, FSU, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, Tufts, UChicago, UF, UMich, Notre Dame, Penn, USC, Vanderbilt, WashU, and Yale.

Academic Highlights:  The Class of 2024 included 15 National Merit Semifinalists and 16 Commended Scholars.  Approximately 47% of students speak languages other than English at home. 78% of the 125 teaching faculty possess advanced degrees. 25 varsity sports which 81% of the class of 2024 participate. Some Signature Programs at Ransom include Bridge Building competitions, Business Plan challenge, Marine Science, and Bowden Fellowships.

College Admissions Highlights:  Class of 2023 acceptances included UF (170), Northeastern (37), Georgia Tech (26), BU (21), UMich (18), Emory (18), Emory (18), NYU (18), Case Western (18), Cornell (16), Carnegie Mellon (16), Vanderbilt (13), Northwestern (11), Columbia (7), UNC Chapel Hill (9), USC (8), Rice (7), and Duke (7).

Academic Highlights: 101 members of the Class of 2024 are Nationally Recognized Scholars.  93% pass rate on all AP Exams. They offer 30 AP and 138 Honors courses.  5:1 student-to-teacher ratio. 60% of faculty hold advanced degrees. #1 HS in Florida at state level science fair. 1st place newsmagazine & online newspaper from Quill & Scroll.

College Admissions Highlights:  Class of 2023 acceptances included Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Cornell, MIT, Stanford, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northwestern, Princeton, Tufts, UChicago, Notre Dame, Penn, Vanderbilt, WashU, FSU, UF, UNC Chapel Hill, and Yale.

Academic Highlights:  26 AP and 121 Honors courses are offered.  Students have a 93% pass rate on AP exams. 1 in 6 students in the class of 2023 is a National Merit Scholar.  60% of faculty hold advanced degrees. #2 private school in US national math competition. Top 1% in the nation in Speech & Debate competition.

College Admissions Highlights:  Over the last five years, students have gone on to enter some of the nation’s top colleges including: UF (78), UMich (53), UChicago (48), Cornell (46), Duke (43), FSU (40), WashU (32), Vanderbilt (30), Northeastern (23), UVA (22), NYU (19), BU (17), Northwestern (17), and Harvard (12).

Academic Highlights:  34 AP courses are offered, 87% scored 3 or more on AP Exams.  19 Post-AP seminars are offered.  Special curricular features include a Science Research Program, a Social Entrepreneurship Program, and a Technology Students Association.  There are professionally trained Fine Arts faculty teaching Band, Chorus, Orchestra, Dance, Debate, Theater & Visual Arts. Pinecrest offers 17 sports and has opportunities in Digital and Print Media.

College Admissions Highlights:  Recent grads have matriculated into highly-selective colleges such as: American University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FSU, Johns Hopkins, McGill University, NYU, the University of Toronto, University of Tel Aviv, UF, University of London, and University of Miami.

Academic Highlights:  72% of teachers have more than 10 years of experience at Allison Academy. 36% of faculty have advance degrees.  Student-to-computer ratio is 1:1.  Extracurricular offerings include Robotics Club, Drama Club, Student Council, Basketball Club, and a rock/jazz band.  STEM program partners with Fairchild Challenge, students have the opportunity to work with NASA and Kennedy Space Center on botanical science.

College Admissions Highlights:  From 2022-2023, college acceptances include: Brown, UC Berkeley, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Harvard, Hofstra, Kenyon, NYU, Northwestern, Notre Dame, USC, Penn, JHU, Pomona, Princeton, Stanford, William & Mary, Yale, UF, UMiami, and FSU.

Academic Highlights:  Average class size is 13.  In 2023, the school produced 44 AP Scholars with Distinction and 19 with Honors.  The school offers 32 AP courses.  Gulliver’s IB diploma rate is 90% in the past 25 years. The class of 2023 had over 59K hours of community service. Offer more than 70 campus clubs and 25 varsity sports teams.

College Admissions Highlights:  Among the Classes of 2021-2023, the following number of students enrolled in prominent universities: UF (18), UMiami (17), FSU (16), BU (15), Northeastern (9), Tulane (9), Duke (9), NYU (8), American (7), UMichigan (6), Purdue (5), Cornell (5), William & Mary (4), WashU (4), Wake Forest (4), and USC (4).

Academic Highlights:  24 AP classes.  The AP exam pass rate was 90%.  16:1 Average class size. 58% of students are Hispanic. 30 countries are represented in the student body.  81% of the upper school faculty hold advanced degrees. 68 student clubs and honor societies. 20 performing arts classes. 47 athletic teams.

College Admissions Highlights:  Recent acceptances include Princeton University, Cornell-Dyson Business School, New York University-Stern School of Business, University of Michigan -Ross School of Business, Indiana University-Kelly School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, UF, FSU, and UCF.

Academic Highlights:  Over 75% of the student body participates in organized sports.  Offers electives in Pre-Law, Pre-Med, and Pre-Engineering.  Ranked as the #1 Jewish day school in Florida.  15 AP courses are available. 10% of students were named through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Home to the first-ever Kosher Culinary Arts Institute and Dining Hall.

College Admissions Highlights:  From 2018-2022, the following number of students enrolled at some of the top colleges in the country: UF (41), FSU (26), BC (19), USC (18), Tulane (19), UMichigan (10), Cornell (10), Northeastern (10), Duke (9). Columbia (8), BU (8), Vanderbilt (7), NYU (6), Georgetown (4), and MIT (3).

Academic Highlights:  Boarding and Day school that offers an IB diploma.  The average class size is just 14 students.  10:1 student-to-teacher ratio.  Of 85 faculty members, 65 hold master’s and 11 possess doctoral degrees.  Between 2018-2022, 240 AP Scholars.  From 2022-2023, 83% of course and diploma students scored a 4 or higher on IB Exams.

College Admissions Highlights:  Members of the class of 2023 are attending colleges and universities across the country: Brown, Case Western, Columbia, Cornell, FSU, Fordham, George Washington, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Northeastern, Tufts, UCLA, UChicago, UF, UMichigan, Penn, and UW – Madison.

Academic Highlights:  66% of teachers possess advanced degrees.  19 different languages spoken by students from 26 countries.  9:1 student-teacher ratio.  23 AP courses are offered; 91% score a 3 or better.  Students can earn diploma endorsements in Global Studies and/or Arts. All seniors develop, research and complete a Capstone project.  Over 32 K service hours for 484 students.