It is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), and serves grades 6–12.
It also has an extensive leadership curriculum that revolves around The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Laura Isensee and Michael Vasquez of the Miami Herald described the goal of the school as "to hone boys into young men, ready for college.
[1] The school uniforms of Young Men's Preparatory Academy have and include: brown or black-colored shoes, khaki pants, light blue, logo dress shirt (whether short sleeved or long sleeved), red, school logo tie, and a school logo blazer.
[1] As of 2012 there were over 140 students, an enrollment Isensee and Vasquez attributed to the lack of athletics and transportation and the difficulty of recruiting boys; they characterized the enrollment number as low in number.