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What's one thing MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
2,134
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000594
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2231 PRAIRIE AVE, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139 · (305) 532-4515 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,134 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
25.1:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
680 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 | 480 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 555 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 567 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 532 | 25% |
Student demographics
44%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
57.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 29.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,134 | 31.9% | 45.7% |
| MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 2,618 | 28.0% | 58.6% |
| BONITA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 1,490 | 29.6% | 46.6% |
| FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOL DAVENPORT | 1,401 | 35.1% | 47.8% |
| ALONZO & TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,633 | 32.5% | 44.0% |
| SLAM BOCA MIAMI | 979 | 28.9% | 51.6% |
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 MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #395 of 555 | #68 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #370 of 549 ▼ 25 | #67 of 82 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #252 of 559 ▲ 92 | #43 of 85 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,134 | #144 of 830 | #14 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #458 of 575 | #64 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #456 of 594 | #25 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #458 of 630 | #69 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #124 of 289 | #36 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
2,134
-241 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 2,314
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 2,134 | 85 | 25.1:1 | 32% (680) |
| 2023-24 | 2,168 | 85 | 25.5:1 | 35% (767) |
| 2022-23 | 2,175 | 91 | 23.9:1 | 40% (867) |
| 2020-21 | 2,375 | 100 | 23.8:1 | 62% (1,475) |
| 2017-18 | 2,421 | 105 | 23.1:1 | 59% (1,431) |
| 2015-16 | 2,435 | 106 | 23.0:1 | 65% (1,594) |
| 2010-11 | 2,273 | 109 | 20.9:1 | 61% (1,386) |
| 2000-01 | 2,655 | 112 | 23.7:1 | 39% (1,042) |
| 1990-91 | 2,314 | 116 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a large high school in MIAMI BEACH, Florida. It teaches 2,134 students in grades 9 through 12. That is 106% above the average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE has 527 schools and 335,685 students, and MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 71% Hispanic. Other groups make up 23% White and 3% Black. In Miami-Dade County overall, the Hispanic share is about 69%. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 85 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is lower. A total of 680 students, or 32%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Miami-Dade County.
Among Florida public high schools, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 19.5 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Florida.
In Miami-Dade County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-8 is about 0.9 miles from MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is behind the 66.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 2,375 in 2020-21 to 2,134 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 25.1:1.
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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 BEACH
- NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 893 students
- MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-8Elementary · 851 students
- BISCAYNE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 525 students
- MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-80.9 mi · 851
- NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 905
- MIAMI BEACH NAUTILUS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 893
- MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 462
- MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CHARTER SCHOOL2.9 mi · 314
- TREASURE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,134 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 25.1:1 (85 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 23% White, 71% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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