MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a heavily attended 9-12 campus in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE. The school works with 3,100 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 200% bigger than that benchmark.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY INTERAMERICAN CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 2,943 students in 2018 compared to 3,100 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.