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Miami Senior High School | |
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2450 Southwest 1st Street , 33135 United States | |
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School type | Public, high school |
Motto | Non verbis sed operis (Not by words, but deeds) |
Established | 1903[1] |
School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
Principal | Benny Valdés |
Teaching staff | 120.00 (FTE)[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,905 (2022–23)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 24.21[2] |
Color(s) | Blue and gold |
Mascot | "Whippy" the Stingaree[3] ![]() |
Nickname | Stingarees[4] |
Yearbook | The Miahi |
Website | www |
Miami Senior High School | |
![]() Miami Senior High School, July 2013 | |
Coordinates | 25°46′16″N 80°14′10″W / 25.7711°N 80.2360°W |
Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | Kiehnel and Elliott |
Architectural style | Late 19th- and 20th-century revivals,[5] Mediterranean Revival with Moorish elements |
NRHP reference No. | 90000881[5] |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1990 |
Miami Senior High School, also known as Miami High School, is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is one of the oldest high schools in Miami-Dade County. The school building is famous for its architecture and is a historic landmark. Miami Senior High School has a rich alumni base, with many graduates of the high school going on to varied, prominent careers. The high school originally served the earliest settling families of Miami in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1960s, with an increase in Miami's population, its student body grew at a fast pace.