MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the roomy senior highs in MIAMI BEACH, Florida, operated by MIAMI-DADE, with 2,134 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 106% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 527 schools in MIAMI-DADE (335,685 students total), MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% White, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.2%; this one comes in at 45.7%, -19.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIAMI BEACH FEINBERG/FISHER K-8, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 2,421 students in 2018 compared to 2,134 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 67% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 in 2025.

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