MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the roomy senior highs in MIAMI, Florida, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE, with 2,618 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 153% larger 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 PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 11% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of -8.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Miami-Dade County shows median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TRUE NORTH CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT PINECREST is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 2,779 (now 2,618). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 51% to 63%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 25.4:1 in 2025.

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