MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of moderately sized scale in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, instructing 979 students in grades 9 through 12.

MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that hosts 335,685 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 3% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 51.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miami-Dade County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WINSTON PARK K-8 CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MIAMI SUNSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 76.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 1,415 students in 2018 compared to 979 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 88% to 94%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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