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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000602

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

10655 SW 97TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33176 · (305) 271-3311 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
  • B-Beats 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

Enrollment
675
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
306 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 912318%
Grade 1015823%
Grade 1119629%
Grade 1219829%
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
375%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
50675%
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
12318%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
39258%
Female
28342%

School pathway

Feeds from
ARVIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08RICHMOND HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL06–08DEVON AIRE K-8 CENTERPK–08FRANK CRAWFORD MARTIN K-8 CENTERPK–08KENWOOD K-8 CENTERPK–08LEEWOOD K-8 CENTERPK–08
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
47.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.0%50.0%
2023-2445.3%46.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school67545.3%51.7%
KEYS GATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD
76347.2%45.2%
MEDICAL ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (M.A.S.T.) @ HOM
HOMESTEAD
51140.9%91.9%
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION A CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATE SC
HOMESTEAD
39246.9%82.5%
EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD
46450.6%53.6%
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
62648.9%48.9%
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 KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Miami-Dade County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
51.7%#295 of 555#54 of 85
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#183 of 549
▼ 4
#46 of 82
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#407 of 559
▼ 35
#62 of 85
▼ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
675#457 of 830#55 of 118
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.8:1#77 of 575#15 of 90
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
40.2%#488 of 594#31 of 91
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
45.3%#303 of 630#50 of 98
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-64.5%#2 of 289#1 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 2024-25
Enrollment
675
-632 (-48%) vs 2020
-77% since 1990-91, when it was 2,954
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-256753817.8:145% (306)
2023-248704618.9:150% (435)
2022-231,0695320.2:161% (650)
2020-211,3076520.1:173% (958)
2017-181,9007724.7:162% (1,185)
2015-162,1788924.5:164% (1,393)
2010-112,93913322.1:150% (1,467)
2000-013,48413725.4:123% (789)
1990-912,95415119.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

About MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in MIAMI-DADE, located in MIAMI, Florida. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 675 students. By comparison, high schools in Florida enroll about 1,035 students on average.

Besides MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MIAMI-DADE runs 526 other schools. The district enrolls 335,685 students.

Of every 100 students at MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 75 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% Black and 5% White. The diversity index for MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.8 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1. About 45% of students at MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Florida public high schools.

Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.5%. MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 51.7%.

Miami-Dade County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,753, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 561 public schools in the county, enrolling about 335,817, MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL among them.

Measured in a straight line, SOMERSET ACADEMY BAY is about 0.7 miles from MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 51.7% is below the 80.4% average for nearby schools.

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.

MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 1,307 in 2020-21 and 675 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.8:1) than in 2020-21 (20.1:1).

On allk12, people connected to MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Miami-Dade County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
District
MIAMI-DADE
Address
10655 SW 97TH AVE, MIAMI, FL 33176
Phone
(305) 271-3311
County
Miami-Dade County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
675
Teachers (FTE)
38
Student–teacher ratio
17.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
306 (45%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
120039000602
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
How many students attend MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 675 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
How diverse is MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 75% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MIAMI KILLIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MIAMI-DADE.
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