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Southwest Miami Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
8855 Sw 50 Th Ter
Miami, FL 33165
Phone
(305) 274-0181
District
MIAMI-DADE
County
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2415
Classroom Teachers
102

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

7

(10 is best)

Better than 61.5% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Southwest Miami Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
49%
43%
50%
48%
48%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
50%
51%
50%
50%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
20
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 594 24.6%
Grade 10 650 26.9%
Grade 11 603 25.0%
Grade 12 568 23.5%
Total 2415 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.2% 6.3% 37.2%
Black 0.8% 17.5% 21.8%
Hispanic 95.6% 75.0% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 1.1% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.6% 56.2% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 52.8% 51.8% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.8% 4.4% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,688,237 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,414.9 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.5% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 16.6% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 952,680 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 10.2% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.7% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.5% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.5% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.5% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.6% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.1% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 11.4% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,132 $2,382,674,000 57.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $691 $230,799,000 5.6%
Staff $552 $184,474,000 4.4%
General Administration $94 $31,406,000 0.8%
School Administration $502 $167,757,000 4.0%
Operation $1,425 $476,143,000 11.5%
Transportation $232 $77,389,000 1.9%
Other $218 $72,727,000 1.7%
Total Support $3,714 $1,240,695,000 29.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,601 $534,735,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $12,446 $4,158,104,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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