📍 6856 Sw 53rd St, Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33155
South Miami Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 1,507 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 93%. The school offers 18 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Miami Senior High School enrolls 1,507 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 74 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 5% Black or African American and 3.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,358 | 90% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 5% |
| White | 56 | 3.7% |
| Two or more races | 11 | <1% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
893 of the school's 1,507 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 824 qualify for free lunch and 69 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Miami Senior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 40, state house district 115.
South Miami Senior High School is one of 542 schools in MIAMI-DADE, based in MIAMI, Florida. The district serves 333,233 students district-wide and employs 16,606 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,507 students, South Miami Senior High School is larger than the district average of about 615 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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