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If you had an hour of school board time for MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,414
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000596
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1781 NW 95TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33147 · (305) 696-4161 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,414 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Florida public high schools
- DTest 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
19.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
902 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 | 355 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 390 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 333 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 336 | 24% |
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
33.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 27.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,414 | 63.8% | 37.4% |
| MIAMI NORTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 1,479 | 65.1% | 45.8% |
| MIAMI CAROL CITY SENIOR HIGH MIAMI GARDENS | 859 | 67.1% | 47.2% |
| NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 1,075 | 58.0% | 40.4% |
| AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,388 | 57.4% | 33.0% |
| NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 1,748 | 58.1% | 42.0% |
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 CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #509 of 555 | #82 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #410 of 549 ▼ 47 | #74 of 82 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #542 of 559 ▼ 32 | #83 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,414 | #316 of 830 | #31 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #132 of 575 | #23 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #459 of 594 | #26 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #70 of 630 | #19 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #75 of 289 | #27 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
1,414
-34 (-2%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 2,709
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,414 | 73 | 19.4:1 | 64% (902) |
| 2023-24 | 1,404 | 81 | 17.3:1 | 70% (980) |
| 2022-23 | 1,398 | 79 | 17.7:1 | 74% (1,028) |
| 2020-21 | 1,448 | 90 | 16.1:1 | 90% (1,309) |
| 2017-18 | 1,709 | 104 | 16.4:1 | 80% (1,373) |
| 2015-16 | 1,832 | 111 | 16.5:1 | 86% (1,569) |
| 2010-11 | 1,849 | 118 | 15.7:1 | 79% (1,463) |
| 2000-01 | 2,780 | 131 | 21.2:1 | 48% (1,346) |
| 1990-91 | 2,709 | 140 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Families in MIAMI, Florida, are served by MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a mid-sized high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,414 students. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 37% above average.
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits within MIAMI-DADE, which has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
The largest group at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is Black students, at 69%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic. County-wide, 15% of Miami-Dade County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
The school has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.4 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Of all students at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 64% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Miami-Dade County, the average is 48%.
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Florida public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 37.4% actual against 49.2% predicted.
In Miami-Dade County, home to about 2,738,356 people, median household income comes to about $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.
COPE CENTER NORTH, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 1,448 students in 2020-21 and 1,414 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- COPE CENTER NORTH0.3 mi · 28
- WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,290
- VAN E. BLANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 374
- DR. HENRY W. MACK/WEST LITTLE RIVER K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 383
- HENRY E.S. REEVES K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 830
- ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,414 students in grades 09-12.
Is MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 30% Hispanic, 69% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.