SUCCESS ACADEMY ANNOUNCES LOCATIONS OF FIVE NEW, HIGH-QUALITY MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS OPENING IN 2027

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Success Academy Announces Locations of Five New, High-Quality Miami-Dade Schools Opening in 2027

Nation’s Top-Performing K-12 Schooling Organization is Focused on Providing Access to Free, Excellent Public Education in Underserved Communities 

April 27, 2026 (New York, NY) – Success Academy, the nation’s leading non-profit charter school organization, today announced the locations of its first five elementary schools across Miami-Dade.

The five locations are:

• Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School
• Homestead Senior High School
• Miami Jackson Senior High School
• North Miami Senior High School
• Westland Hialeah Senior High School

Success Academy’s Miami schools mark the organization’s first expansion outside of New York. These 100% free, high-quality public schools will bring Success Academy’s signature K-12 approach to communities where students have limited access to a top-tier education. Opening for the 2027-2028 school year, each school will utilize underused space in existing district facilities. 

“Success Academy is excited to bring our proven, high-quality educational model to Miami’s families,” said Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO of Success Academy. “We look forward to serving these communities, partnering with parents and delivering on the promise of an exceptional education for every child.” 

“Miami’s children deserve access to the very best schools, and the arrival of Success Academy brings a new level of excellence to our most in-need communities, “ said Tal Fair, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Greater Miami. “As we’ve seen them do in New York, Success Academy doesn’t just open schools—they open doors to the future for our children.  We are thrilled to now welcome that same transformative impact to Miami.”

The new schools will enroll 1,500 students across the five schools in grades K-1 in 2027-28 and will add an additional grade each year.

This move into Florida comes as recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show that only 31% of the nation’s 4th graders are considered proficient in reading and just 39% are proficient in math. 

About Success Academy  

Since its founding in 2006, Success Academy has created the highest-performing public school district in New York state, and a national model of access to excellence for children across all demographics. We enroll 22,000 children in 59 elementary, middle, and high schools. The majority of Success Academy scholars are from low-income households in disadvantaged neighborhoods, admitted through a random public lottery. Out of all 730 school districts in New York State, Success Academy is #1 in math in #2 in reading on New York’s state exams in 2025, regularly outperforming the State’s most affluent districts. Our distinctive K-12 approach, designed as a holistic 13-year educational trajectory, leads to student outcomes that outpace even those in affluent suburban schools. To date, 100% of SA’s graduates have been accepted to college, many to highly selective institutions. Most are the first in their families to have the opportunity for higher education. We regularly share our groundbreaking curriculum and methods with educators and school leaders across the country. By scaling excellence and reigniting the civic mission of education, Success Academy is leading a movement to reinvent public education. All children can thrive and achieve in school, in college, and in life — Success Academy students and teachers prove it every day.