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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH this year?
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Enrollment
944
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039003562
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH
1200 NW 6TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33136 · (305) 324-8900 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
530 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
944
-32 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 15.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
69%
was 55%
% Black
30%
was 43%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH is a mid-sized high school in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE. The school caters to 944 students in grades 9 through 12.
MIAMI-DADE comprises 527 schools with combined enrollment of 335,685 students; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH is among them.
On the student-mix side, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest reads as 30% Black. Compared to Miami-Dade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, On paper, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.0%; this one comes in at 37.5%, -15.5 points off the demographic line.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miami-Dade County put median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.7%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 976 students in 2018 compared to 944 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 55% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 168
- FREDERICK R. DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 187
- SECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER 8020.6 mi · 16
- PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 145
- CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER N0.7 mi · 37
- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR K-8 CENTER0.7 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH serve?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH is approximately 17.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 1% White, 69% Hispanic, 30% Black.
What district is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH in?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SENIOR HIGH is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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