MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH

Set in MIAMI, Florida, MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH is a roomy 9-12 campus, one of the schools within MIAMI-DADE. It hosts 2,238 students across grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 116% above the state mean of about 1,035.

Within MIAMI-DADE, which oversees 527 schools and 335,685 students, MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 28% Black, 2% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Miami-Dade County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.4%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,753, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

Nearest neighbor: CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH has grew 15%, going from 1,945 students in 2018 to 2,238 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 58% to 68%. Class-load math has grew: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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