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Enrollment
3,009
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039006229
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
11700 HIALEAH GARDENS BLVD, HIALEAH GARDENS, FL 33018 · (305) 698-5000 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,009 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
26.4:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
1,448 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 | 707 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 803 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 828 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 671 | 22% |
Student demographics
4%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,009 | 48.1% | 52.2% |
| SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,599 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
| G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,291 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,082 | 43.7% | 52.3% |
| SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,611 | 46.4% | 35.1% |
| MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 3,100 | 56.3% | 55.8% |
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 HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #286 of 555 | #52 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #226 of 549 ▲ 43 | #55 of 82 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #208 of 559 ▲ 56 | #40 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,009 | #23 of 830 | #5 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #501 of 575 | #71 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #593 of 594 | #90 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #261 of 630 | #43 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #190 of 246 | #24 of 27 |
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
3,009
+356 (+13%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 2,397
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 3,009 | 114 | 26.4:1 | 48% (1,448) |
| 2023-24 | 3,046 | 110 | 27.7:1 | 55% (1,677) |
| 2022-23 | 2,756 | 106 | 26.0:1 | 59% (1,622) |
| 2020-21 | 2,653 | 99 | 26.8:1 | 82% (2,171) |
| 2017-18 | 2,869 | 101 | 28.4:1 | 75% (2,162) |
| 2015-16 | 3,128 | 115 | 27.2:1 | 83% (2,610) |
| 2010-11 | 2,397 | 97 | 24.7:1 | 84% (2,005) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in HIALEAH GARDENS, Florida. The school has 3,009 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 191% bigger than average.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools; together they serve 335,685 students.
The share of students at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 98%. County-wide, 69% of Miami-Dade County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 4% means there is a 4% chance two randomly chosen students at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 114 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 26.4 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Of all students at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 48% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is similar, at 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Florida public high schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.1%. HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 52.2%.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 561, with about 335,817 students.
HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.3 miles from HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
- CORAL GABLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,894 students
Other schools in HIALEAH GARDENS
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,611 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,551 students
- MATER ACADEMYElementary · 1,521 students
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,219 students
- WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,128 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 995 students
Nearby schools
- HIALEAH GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,551
- WEST HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,128
- ERNEST R. GRAHAM K-8 ACADEMY0.6 mi · 947
- HIALEAH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 995
- LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOL (HIALEAH CAMPUS)1.3 mi · 171
- BEN SHEPPARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,009 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 26.4:1 (114 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.