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| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | |
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| Location | |
Florida
United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Giving our students the world. |
| Grades | Pre K-12 |
| Established | July 9, 1885 |
| Superintendent | Jose L. Dotres |
| Schools | 522 (2021-22)[1] |
| Budget | $7 billion (2022-23)[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1200390[2] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 328,589 (2021-22)[1] (4th-largest in U.S.) |
| Teachers | 17,365 (on an FTE basis) (2021-22)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 18.92 |
| Other information | |
| Teachers' union | United Teachers of Dade[3] |
| Website | dadeschools.net |
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida, the largest in the Southeastern United States, and the third-largest[4] in the United States[5] with a student enrollment of 356,589 as of August 30, 2021[update].[1]
The district includes all of Miami-Dade County.[6] It is managed by the School Board of Miami-Dade County, which appoints a superintendent to head the administrative portions of the district.[7] Dr. Jose Dotres has been Superintendent since February 2022.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public school districts in the U.S. to offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education. Bilingual education is offered in Spanish, French, German, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese. M-DCPS is the only school district in Florida to offer bilingual education in Mandarin.
As of 2014[update], 35% of MDCPS teachers are graduates of Florida International University.[8]
- ^ a b c d e "M-DCPS Office of Communications".
- ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Miami-Dade County Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
- ^ "United Teachers of Dade". 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Miami-Dade surpasses Chicago as the nation's third largest school district - at least for now". WLRN. October 3, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "Selected statistics on enrollment, teachers, dropouts, and graduates in public school districts enrolling more than 15,000 students, by state: 1990, 2000, 2003-04, 2004-05, and 2005". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Miami-Dade County, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 22, 2022. - Text list - As "Dade County School District"
- ^ "M-DCPS School Board". Retrieved April 2, 2013.
- ^ "Rankings & Facts". Florida International University. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.