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Alumni: what's one memory from MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,950
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000253
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL
3601 SW 89TH AVE, MIRAMAR, FL 33025 · (754) 323-1350 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,950 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
846 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 435 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 488 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 477 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 550 | 28% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,950 | 43.4% | 51.0% |
| COCONUT CREEK HIGH SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 1,972 | 45.4% | 43.8% |
| PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL PLANTATION | 1,696 | 44.9% | 47.5% |
| PIPER HIGH SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 2,201 | 41.2% | 51.8% |
| BOYD H. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL LAUDERDALE LAKES | 2,256 | 48.7% | 46.5% |
| BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 1,877 | 50.4% | 48.2% |
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 MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #305 of 555 | #30 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #250 of 549 ▲ 29 | #28 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #344 of 559 ▲ 22 | #30 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,950 | #177 of 830 | #22 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #499 of 575 | #34 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #500 of 594 | #48 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #325 of 630 | #17 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #62 of 289 | #6 of 28 |
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
1,950
-172 (-8%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 2,209
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 1,950 | 74 | 26.4:1 | 43% (846) |
| 2023-24 | 1,951 | 79.5 | 24.5:1 | 49% (955) |
| 2022-23 | 1,931 | 82 | 23.6:1 | 71% (1,369) |
| 2020-21 | 2,122 | 91 | 23.3:1 | 70% (1,479) |
| 2017-18 | 2,447 | 107 | 22.9:1 | 80% (1,964) |
| 2015-16 | 2,601 | 109 | 23.9:1 | 72% (1,872) |
| 2010-11 | 2,748 | 141 | 19.5:1 | 63% (1,731) |
| 2000-01 | 2,276 | 84 | 27.1:1 | 30% (691) |
| 1990-91 | 2,209 | 108 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL
At 3601 SW 89TH AVE in MIRAMAR, Florida, MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,950 students. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 88% bigger than average.
District-wide, BROWARD has 325 schools and 243,591 students.
About 77% of the student body at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is Black. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 28% of Broward County residents are Black. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL totals 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.4:1. The average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is about 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Florida public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is 8.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In the wider Broward County area, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Broward County, 338 public schools serve about 244,502 students.
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER (about 0.3 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 26.4:1.
The discussion board for MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in MIRAMAR
- EVERGLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,973 students
- GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,030 students
- HENRY D PERRY EDUCATION CENTERCombined · 1,014 students
- NEW RENAISSANCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 965 students
- SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 878 students
- SUNSET LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- WHISPERING PINES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION CENTER0.3 mi · 161
- ASPIRE PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 21
- NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER1.0 mi · 319
- SEA CASTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 878
- FAIRWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 452
- SOMERSET NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,950 students in grades 09-12.
Is MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 26.4:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL?
At MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 17% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL?
MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.