FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the expansive 9-12 campuss in MIAMI, Florida, overseen by MIAMI-DADE, with 1,935 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 87% above typical.

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

On demographics, FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 41% of students at FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) shows that median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

The closest other public school is HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 2,595 students in 2018 compared to 1,935 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.

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