Westland Hialeah Senior High School

Westland Hialeah Senior High
Address
Map
4000 W 18th Ave

,
33012

United States
Coordinates25°51′29″N 80°19′08″W / 25.85794°N 80.31892°W / 25.85794; -80.31892
Information
School typePublic, high school
EstablishedAugust 2007; opened January 7, 2008
School districtMiami-Dade County Public Schools
PrincipalGiovanna Handal
Faculty49.00 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,098 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.41[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red, Black, and Grey      
MascotWildcat
Websitewestlandwildcats.net

Westland Hialeah High School is a four-year public high school located at 4000 West 18th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida, United States, a suburb of Miami. The school is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its principal is Giovanna Handal.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,114 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 25.8:1. There were 1,694 students (80.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 111 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The school, fourth to serve the Miami suburb of Hialeah, was built as a reliever for the three overcrowded high schools serving the area. It opened in January 2008, taking the entire southwestern portion of the city in boundaries which are mostly served by Miami Springs and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School. The school holds ninth through twelfth grade. Its first graduating class was the class of 2010, and its founding class was the class of 2011, which graduated in June 2011.

  1. ^ a b c "WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  2. ^ School data for Westland Hialeah Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.