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Enrollment
1,611
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000613
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
6856 SW 53RD ST, MIAMI, FL 33155 · (305) 666-5871 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,611 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
21.5:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
748 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 389 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 422 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 411 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 389 | 24% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
40.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,611 | 46.4% | 35.1% |
| G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,291 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| MIAMI CORAL PARK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,082 | 43.7% | 52.3% |
| PINECREST GLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,159 | 49.4% | 76.7% |
| SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,599 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
| FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,935 | 40.5% | 50.0% |
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 SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #531 of 555 | #84 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #445 of 549 ▼ 26 | #78 of 82 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #491 of 559 ▼ 30 | #72 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,611 | #264 of 830 | #25 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #249 of 575 | #37 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #572 of 594 | #70 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #288 of 630 | #47 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #45 of 289 | #21 of 53 |
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
1,611
+33 (+2%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 2,457
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,611 | 75 | 21.5:1 | 46% (748) |
| 2023-24 | 1,576 | 77 | 20.5:1 | 52% (821) |
| 2022-23 | 1,507 | 74 | 20.4:1 | 59% (893) |
| 2020-21 | 1,578 | 85 | 18.6:1 | 83% (1,304) |
| 2017-18 | 2,125 | 101 | 21.0:1 | 74% (1,578) |
| 2015-16 | 2,219 | 111 | 20.0:1 | 81% (1,789) |
| 2010-11 | 2,355 | 111 | 21.2:1 | 73% (1,724) |
| 2000-01 | 2,864 | 117 | 24.5:1 | 30% (873) |
| 1990-91 | 2,457 | 128 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school. Its address is in MIAMI, Florida. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,611 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Florida is about 1,035, so this school runs 56% larger than that.
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a school in MIAMI-DADE. The district has 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Hispanic students make up 94% of enrollment at SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Next come 3% White and 3% Black. That compares with about 69% Hispanic among all Miami-Dade County residents. SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 75 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.5:1. That is 2.0 students per teacher below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
Measured against Florida public high schools, SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 57.9%. It actually posts 35.1%, which is 22.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Across Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miami-Dade County is home to 561 public schools and about 335,817 public school students.
SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
Federal data place SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,578 students in 2020-21 and 1,611 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.6:1 to 21.5:1.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 720
- SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER0.4 mi · 508
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 260
- DAVID FAIRCHILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 473
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.3 mi · 491
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)1.3 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,611 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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