WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized four-year high school in MIAMI, Florida, part of MIAMI-DADE. Current enrollment sits at 1,290 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 1,035.

WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that serves 335,685 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Miami-Dade County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

COPE CENTER NORTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WILLIAM H. TURNER TECHNICAL ARTS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,474 (now 1,290).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.