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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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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
103

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

5

(10 is best)

Better than 45.7% of FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
44%
51%
47%
54%
40%
48%
    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
23
20
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 590 24.4%
Grade 10 631 26.1%
Grade 11 575 23.8%
Grade 12 619 25.6%
Total 2415 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.7% 6.4% 38.3%
Black 0.9% 19.2% 22.4%
Hispanic 94.9% 73.2% 35.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 1.1% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 78.8% 73.4% 54.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 67.5% 66.2% 50.5%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 11.4% 7.2% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,705,528 21,781,128
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,362.7 400
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.0% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 20.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 902,200 8,020,774
Single Parent Households With Children 12.9% 10.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.8% 88.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.7% 30.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.3% 12.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 18.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.4% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 13.6% 10.4%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,436 $2,255,393,224 57.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $410 $143,677,940 3.7%
Staff $498 $174,516,132 4.5%
General Administration $56 $19,624,304 0.5%
School Administration $472 $165,404,848 4.2%
Operation $1,091 $382,323,494 9.8%
Transportation $252 $88,309,368 2.3%
Other $200 $70,086,800 1.8%
Total Support $2,980 $1,044,293,320 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,736 $608,353,424 15.6%
Total Expenditures $11,152 $3,908,039,968 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,005 $16,679,928,493 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $453 $1,257,007,048 4.0%
Staff $622 $1,727,404,040 5.6%
General Administration $88 $243,699,372 0.8%
School Administration $530 $1,472,075,836 4.7%
Operation $979 $2,718,120,843 8.8%
Transportation $376 $1,043,921,210 3.4%
Other $258 $717,493,116 2.3%
Total Support $3,305 $9,179,773,322 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,872 $5,200,190,918 16.7%
Total Expenditures $11,183 $31,059,861,783 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%