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Enrollment
1,191
High
DISTRICT 859 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039005861
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
4000 W 18TH AVE, HIALEAH, FL 33012 · (305) 818-3000 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,191 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- B+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
23.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
739 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 | 374 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 315 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 257 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 245 | 21% |
Student demographics
6%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
31.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 59.0% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,191 | 62.0% | 49.6% |
| SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 986 | 63.9% | 56.2% |
| HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH | 1,711 | 60.3% | 36.0% |
| VICTORY CHARTER SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 750 | 60.7% | 28.4% |
| MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOL HIALEAH | 1,201 | 69.9% | 59.1% |
| MIAMI SPRINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI SPRINGS | 1,037 | 55.1% | 43.4% |
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 WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #323 of 555 | #58 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #83 of 549 ▲ 16 | #25 of 82 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #553 of 559 ▼ 42 | #85 of 85 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,191 | #359 of 830 | #37 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #361 of 575 | #47 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #587 of 594 | #84 of 91 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #83 of 630 | #21 of 98 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #24 of 289 | #9 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
1,191
-57 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 1,873
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 1,191 | 51 | 23.4:1 | 62% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 1,106 | 51 | 21.7:1 | 67% (744) |
| 2022-23 | 1,098 | 49 | 22.4:1 | 75% (822) |
| 2020-21 | 1,248 | 57 | 21.9:1 | 89% (1,116) |
| 2017-18 | 1,758 | 75 | 23.4:1 | 83% (1,465) |
| 2015-16 | 2,053 | 78 | 26.3:1 | 87% (1,793) |
| 2010-11 | 1,873 | 79 | 23.7:1 | 84% (1,568) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in HIALEAH, Florida, as a mid-sized high school. It reported 1,191 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.
MIAMI-DADE is the local district for WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. It runs 527 schools with 335,685 students.
At WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 97% of students are Hispanic. That is higher than the 69% Hispanic share among all Miami-Dade County residents. The diversity index for WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1. The average for high schools in Florida is about 23.5:1. The school has 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Miami-Dade County averages 48%, lower than here.
Among Florida public high schools, WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 50.1%. WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 49.6%, within a point of that line.
In the surrounding county, Miami-Dade County, median household income comes to about $71,753, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 561 public schools and about 335,817 students.
Of the public schools around it, WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is closest to CITRUS HEALTH SIPP/CRISIS, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,191, down from 1,248 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.4:1, from 21.9:1.
This page is set up for the WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 HIALEAH
- HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,582 students
- PALM SPRINGS NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,422 students
- HIALEAH-MIAMI LAKES SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,367 students
- MATER ACADEMY LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,201 students
- MIAMI LAKES K-8 CENTERElementary · 1,196 students
Nearby schools
- CITRUS HEALTH SIPP/CRISIS0.2 mi · 16
- MATER ACADEMY0.4 mi · 1,521
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,219
- MATER ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,611
- MATER PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ACADEMY0.8 mi · 315
- MEADOWLANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 786
Frequently asked questions
About WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,191 students in grades 09-12.
Is WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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