DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH

DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH, a small senior high in MIAMI, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, educates 486 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% smaller than the state mean of about 1,035.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% White, 12% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 26% of students at DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 68.1%; actual is 82.6%, +14.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH has decreased 3%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 12% over that span.

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