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Enrollment
1,935
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039004340
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
15255 SW 96TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33196 · (305) 752-7900 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,935 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
784 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 409 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 495 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 498 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 533 | 28% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
48.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 30.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,935 | 40.5% | 50.0% |
| MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,082 | 43.7% | 52.3% |
| CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORAL GABLES | 2,894 | 40.5% | 52.8% |
| BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGH MIAMI LAKES | 2,973 | 40.1% | 65.7% |
| G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,291 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,611 | 46.4% | 35.1% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #318 of 555 | #57 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #171 of 549 ▲ 165 | #45 of 82 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #387 of 559 ▼ 14 | #60 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,935 | #181 of 830 | #17 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #407 of 575 | #55 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #567 of 594 | #65 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #350 of 630 | #56 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #41 of 289 | #19 of 53 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,935
-159 (-8%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 2,109
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,935 | 80 | 24.2:1 | 41% (784) |
| 2023-24 | 2,006 | 84 | 23.9:1 | 47% (940) |
| 2022-23 | 2,068 | 83 | 24.9:1 | 49% (1,015) |
| 2020-21 | 2,094 | 93 | 22.5:1 | 73% (1,533) |
| 2017-18 | 2,595 | 112 | 23.2:1 | 64% (1,664) |
| 2015-16 | 2,882 | 117 | 24.6:1 | 72% (2,069) |
| 2010-11 | 3,053 | 141 | 21.6:1 | 58% (1,773) |
| 2000-01 | 2,109 | 90 | 23.4:1 | 37% (784) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school located in MIAMI, Florida. Enrollment is 1,935 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 87% higher.
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE, where 527 schools serve 335,685 students.
Most students at FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic: 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% White and 3% Black. Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL counts 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.2 students for each one. High schools in Florida average about 23.5:1, a similar figure. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (50.0%) and its predicted rate (60.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is located in Miami-Dade County, where median household income is about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County, which together enroll about 335,817 students.
HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 50.0% is below the 67.3% average for nearby schools.
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,935 was 8% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 2,094. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.2:1.
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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
- HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 486
- OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 617
- CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 417
- PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)1.0 mi · 733
- CHRISTINA M. EVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 482
- DR. GILBERT L. PORTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,935 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.2:1.
How diverse is FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.