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Alumni: what's one memory from DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
486
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002736
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH
4001 NE 2ND AVE, MIAMI, FL 33137 · (305) 573-7135 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
127 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
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
486
-17 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.8:1
% White
23%
was 27%
% Hispanic
62%
was 60%
% Black
12%
was 7%
% Asian
1%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Inside the community feed, the feed for DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
- SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 127
- YOUNG MEN'S PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 165
- ENEIDA M. HARTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 324
- JOSE DE DIEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 647
- MIAMI ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 959
- TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGHHow large is DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH?
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 486 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH serve?
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH is approximately 16.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH?
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH reports a student body of 23% White, 62% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH public or private?
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE SENIOR HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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