SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of heavily attended scale in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, enrolling 1,611 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

Demographically, SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 3% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.9%; actual is 35.1%, a gap of -22.8 points.

In the broader 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).

SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 76.9%.

SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 24%: 2,125 students in 2018 compared to 1,611 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.