Miami Courant

Miami-Dade County School District had an increase in student enrollment during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education. Overall, there was a total of 335,929 students enrolled in the district in the academic year.

Data reveals that the majority of students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year were Hispanic, representing 74.4% of the Miami-Dade County School District total enrollment.

Additionally, the largest portion of students in the district are enrolled in elementary school grades, making up 42.2% of the total enrollment.

Miami-Dade County School District covers 487 schools within Miami-Dade County, with its main office in Miami.

Among the 487 schools in Miami-Dade County School District, John A. Ferguson Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of 4,368 students in the 2022-23 school year.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrolment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School	Total Enrollment
John A. Ferguson Senior High School	4,368
Coral Reef Senior High School	3,243
South Dade Senior High School	3,145
Miami Senior High School	2,905
Barbara Goleman Senior High School	2,854
Coral Gables Senior High School	2,824
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School	2,756
Miami Palmetto Senior High School	2,671
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School	2,436
Southwest Miami Senior High School	2,415
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School	2,235
Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8	2,231
Miami Coral Park Senior High School	2,190
Miami Beach Senior High School	2,175
Aventura Waterways K-8 Center	2,168
Miami Southridge Senior High School	2,085
Felix Varela Senior High School	2,068
Homestead Senior High School	2,020
Doral Academy Charter High School	2,003
Keys Gate Charter School	1,972
Somerset Academy Silver Palms	1,939
Robert Morgan Educational Center	1,845
Miami Arts Studio 6-12 at Zelda Glazer	1,788
North Miami Senior High School	1,747
Hialeah Senior High School	1,732
Mater Academy Charter High School	1,657
American Senior High School	1,652
Terra Environmental Research Institute	1,619
Hialeah Gardens Middle School	1,608
Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School	1,597
Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School	1,591
Miami Norland Senior High School	1,580
Mast Academy	1,535
Mater Academy	1,529
South Miami Senior High School	1,507
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School	1,500
Bob Graham Education Center	1,469
Miami Northwestern Senior High School	1,429
Miami Central Senior High School	1,398
Doral Academy Charter Middle School	1,381
Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center	1,355
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School	1,344
Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School	1,344
Miami Jackson Senior High School	1,305
Shenandoah Middle School	1,296
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center	1,282
Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center	1,249
South Dade Middle School	1,243
Mater Grove Academy	1,215
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy	1,210
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School	1,208
Winston Park K-8 Center	1,204
Mater Academy Lakes High School	1,201
Sunset Elementary School	1,196
Spanish Lake Elementary School	1,183
Mater Academy Charter Middle School	1,174
Glades Middle School	1,163
Miami Lakes K-8 Center	1,159
Academir Charter School Preparatory	1,150
North Miami Beach Senior High School	1,149
Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center	1,138
West Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,131
Miami-Dade Virtual High School Franchise	1,111
Air Base K-8 Center for International Education	1,109
Doral Academy	1,099
Southwood Middle School	1,098
Westland Hialeah Senior High School	1,098
Miami Arts Charter	1,097
Pinecrest Glades Preparatory Academy Middle High School	1,097
Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School	1,085
Miami Killian Senior High School	1,069
Palm Springs North Elementary School	1,066
Coral Way K-8 Center	1,064
Miami Sunset Senior High School	1,062
Kipp Miami-Liberty City	1,048
Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory Academy	1,042
Norma Butler Bossard Elementary School	1,042
Aventura City of Excellence School	1,032
Cutler Bay Middle School	1,031
Devon Aire K-8 Center	1,029
Miami Lakes Educational Center	1,025
Arvida Middle School	1,024
Booker T. Washington Senior High School	1,014
Leisure City K-8 Center	1,013
Miami Lakes Middle School	1,011
Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,010
Herbert A. Ammons Middle School	1,005
John I. Smith K-8 Center	1,001
Miami Springs Senior High School	998
The Charter School at Waterstone	995
Marcus A. Milam K-8 Center	983
Imater Preparatory Academy High School	982
Rockway Middle School	975
George Washington Carver Middle School	971
City of Hialeah Educational Academy	969
Mater Academy Bay Elementary	962
Everglades K-8 Center	953
Pinecrest Cove Academy	947
Joella Good Elementary School	942
Pinecrest Glades Academy	940
North Beach Elementary School	937
Southside Preparatory Academy	929
Kensington Park Elementary School	922
Key Biscayne K-8 Center	921
Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School	918
Ernest R. Graham K-8 Academy	915
Somerset Academy Charter High School	914
Renaissance Elementary Charter School	910
Campbell Drive K-8 Center	903
Jose Marti Mast 6-12 Academy	902
Henrye. S. Reeves K-8 Center	900
Ben Sheppard Elementary School	897
Sports Leadership Arts Management Charter High School	895
Mater Academy Lakes Middle School	890
Ponce De Leon Middle School	888
Hialeah Middle School	878
Redland Elementary School	868
Jose De Diego Middle School	868
Citrus Grove Elementary School	866
Howard D. McMillan Middle School	865
Coral Gables Preparatory Academy	862
J. C. Bermudez Doral Senior High School	859
West Homestead K-8 Center	851
Kenwood K-8 Center	844
Miami Beach Feinberg/Fisher K-8	842
Jack David Gordon Elementary School	840
Palmetto Middle School	838
Ethel Koger Beckham K-8 Center	838
Bridgeprep Academy of Miami Dade	836
Bowman Ashe/Doolin K-8 Academy	835
South Hialeah Elementary School	828
Doral International Academy of Math and Science	816
North Miami Middle School	807
Don Soffer Aventura High School	807
Miami Carol City Senior High School	804
Lamar Louise Curry Middle School	804
Mater Gardens Academy	801
I. Preparatory Academy	797
Dr. Rolando Espinosa K-8 Center	792
Shenandoah Elementary School	787
Pinecrest North Preparatory (Fontainebleau Campus)	784
Palm Springs Middle School	782
Citrus Grove Middle School	781
Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy	781
Ojus Elementary School	776
Youth CO-OP Charter School	775
Highland Oaks Middle School	774
Calusa Elementary School	770
Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green	770
Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 Center	763
Pinecrest Academy (South Campus)	750
Ada Merritt K-8 Center	747
Royal Palm Elementary School	745
Henry M. Flagler Elementary School	743
Imater Academy Middle School	741
Coral Reef Elementary School	740
Hialeah Elementary School	740
Vineland K-8 Center	740
Shadowlawn Elementary School	735
South Miami Middle School	725
Academir Charter School West	715
Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center	707
Auburndale Elementary School	706
Norland Middle School	706
Caribbean K-8 Center	700
Kendale Lakes Elementary School	693
Keys Gate Charter High School	690
Meadowlane Elementary School	687
Lincoln-Marti Charter School Little Havana Campus	684
Riverside Elementary School	683
Linda Lentin K-8 Center	674
John F. Kennedy Middle School	673
Tropical Elementary School	671
Homestead Middle School	666
Dr. Toni Bilbao Preparatory Academy	661
Hubert O. Sibley K-8 Academy	660
Flamingo Elementary School	658
Imater Academy	657
West Miami Middle School	655
Oliver Hoover Elementary School	646
Archimedean Academy	646
E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary School	645
Somerset Academy	645
Miami Heights Elementary School	644
Country Club Middle School	644
Kinloch Park Middle School	643
Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School	643
Miami Springs Middle School	640
W. R. Thomas Middle School	639
Maya Angelou Elementary School	632
Charles R. Hadley Elementary School	626
Jane S. Roberts K-8 Center	625
Somerset Oaks Academy	624
Miami Edison Senior High School	623
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary School	623
W. J. Bryan Elementary School	622
Dr. Manuel C. Barreiro Elementary School	612
Mae M. Walters Elementary School	611
Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami Beach	609
Florida City Elementary School	608
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	608
Avocado Elementary School	605
Gulfstream Elementary School	603
Henry H. Filer Middle School	603
Pinecrest Elementary School	601
Redland Middle School	601
Virginia A. Boone-Highland Oaks School	600
Leewood K-8 Center	599
Santa Clara Elementary School	596
Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores	596
Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School (South Homestead)	579
Biscayne Beach Elementary School	578
Comstock Elementary School	573
Palm Lakes Elementary School	572
Cutler Bay Senior High School	572
Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton	571
Dr. Gilbert L. Porter Elementary School	570
Palmetto Elementary School	569
George W. Carver Elementary School	566
Mater Academy East Charter School	566
Lawton Chiles Middle School	563
Norland Elementary School	562
Miami Shores Elementary School	559
Palm Springs Elementary School	559
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy	555
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School	554
Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School	552
Carrie P. Meek/Westview K-8 Center	551
Dr. Henry E. Perrine Academy of the Arts	550
Ruben Dario Middle School	549
North Park High School	548
Green Springs High School	547
Fairlawn Elementary School	546
Georgia Jones Ayers Middle School	543
William H. Lehman Elementary School	543
Coconut Grove Elementary School	541
Somerset Academy Charter High School (South Homestead)	540
Hammocks Middle School	539
Kinloch Park Elementary School	537
Wesley Matthews Elementary School	536
Miami Community Charter School	535
South Miami K-8 Center	534
West Lakes Preparatory Academy	533
Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter School	532
Christina M. Eve Elementary School	532
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School	530
Horace Mann Middle School	528
Pinecrest Academy Charter Middle School	528
Greynolds Park Elementary School	527
Seminole Elementary School	522
Arcola Lake Elementary School	521
Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts	513
Coral Park Elementary School	512
Kendall Greens High School	511
Benjamin Franklin K-8 Center	510
Somerset Academy Elementary School South Miami Campus	505
Gertrude K. Edelman/Sabal Palm	504
Riviera Middle School	504
Sylvania Heights Elementary School	503
Phyllis R. Miller Elementary School	503
Broadmoor Elementary School	501
North Twin Lakes Elementary School	500
Redondo Elementary School	500
Everglades Preparatory Academy High School	498
Sweetwater Elementary School	497
Mater Academy Bay Biscayne North Miami Elementary School	496
Melrose Elementary School	494
Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary School	490
Design & Architecture Senior High School	489
Brownsville Middle School	487
Paul W. Bell Middle School	486
Mater Academy of International Studies	485
Downtown Miami Charter School	484
Whispering Pines Elementary School	483
Chambers High School	480
John G. Dupuis Elementary School	479
Laura C. Saunders Elementary School	477
Coral Terrace Elementary School	476
Somerset Gables Academy	473
Oak Grove Elementary School	472
Renaissance Middle Charter School	471
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School (South Homestead)	470
David Fairchild Elementary School	468
Zora Neale Hurston Elementary School	467
New World School of the Arts	466
Scott Lake Elementary School	462
North Gardens High School	462
Fulford Elementary School	461
Somerset Academy Bay	458
Academir Charter School East at Doral	458
Kendall Square K-8 Center	458
Summerville Advantage Academy	457
Norwood Elementary School	454
Carol City Middle School	453
South Miami Heights Elementary School	452
Andover Middle School	452
Mater Academy Bay Middle School	451
Everglades Preparatory Academy	449
James H. Bright Elementary/J.W. Johnson Elementary School	448
Mast@fiu	448
Excelsior Prep Charter School of Miami	447
Archcreek Elementary School	442
Somerset Preparatory Academy Sunset	442
Richmond Heights Middle School	439
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School	438
Amelia Earhart Elementary School	437
Edison Park K-8 Center	437
Bridgeprep Academy South	436
North Dade Middle School	434
North Hialeah Elementary School	432
Claude Pepper Elementary School	432
Brentwood Elementary School	428
Lake Stevens Middle School	427
Brucie Ball Educational Center	426
Bridgeprep Academy of Greater Miami	424
North Miami Elementary School	423
Pinecrest Academy (North Campus)	419
Charles R. Drew K-8 Center	417
Gratigny Elementary School	417
Morningside K-8 Academy	415
Dr. Henry W. Mack/West Little River K-8 Center	415
Acceleration Academies-Central Miami	413
Somerset Arts Academy	411
Royal Green Elementary School	407
Goulds Elementary School	407
Hibiscus Elementary School	403
Madison Middle School	403
Sunset Park Elementary School	402
Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	402
Banyan Elementary School	401
Van E. Blanton Elementary School	399
Silver Bluff Elementary School	399
Treasure Island Elementary School	399
Academir Charter School of Math and Science	399
Cutler Ridge Elementary School	396
Bent Tree Elementary School	395
Henry S. West Laboratory School	392
Cypress K-8 Center	390
Natural Bridge Elementary School	386
Lakeview Elementary School	384
Somerset Prepatory Academy - Homestead	382
International Studies Preparatory Academy	381
Blue Lakes Elementary School	380
Miami Springs Elementary School	379
Eneida M. Hartner Elementary School	377
Academir Preparatory Academy	377
Pine Lake Elementary School	376
Joe Hall Elementary School	375
Mater Preparatory Academy	375
Kendale Elementary School	371
Snapper Creek Elementary School	371
Howard Drive Elementary School	361
Holmes Elementary School	358
Flagami Elementary School	357
Dante B. Fascell Elementary School	357
Ben Gamla Charter School	353
International Studies Charter High School	352
Young Womens Preparatory Academy	350
Mater Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	348
C. G. Bethel High School	348
Gloria Floyd Elementary School	347
Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary School	344
North County K-8 Center	343
Nathan B. Young Elementary School	343
Earlington Heights Elementary School	340
Rockway Elementary School	337
Toussaint L'Ouverture Elementary School	337
Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center	336
Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center	334
Archimedean Middle Conservatory	330
Biotech@richmond Heights 9-12 High School	325
Miami Community Charter Middle School	322
Somerset Prep Academy Middle Homestead	320
Bel-Aire Elementary School	319
Beacon College Preparatory Elementary School	317
Olympia Heights Elementary School	316
Mater Academy Bay High School	316
International Studies Charter Middle School	315
Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School	311
Miami Children's Museum Charter School	309
Archimedean Upper Conservatory	306
Orchard Villa Elementary School	305
Somerset Palms Academy	303
Emerson Elementary School	301
Stellar Leadership Academy	300
Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary School	299
True North Classical Academy High School	299
Greenglade Elementary School	298
True North Classical Academy	298
Academir Charter School Middle	297
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center	296
Springview Elementary School	296
PreK Intervention	290
Agenoria S. Paschal/Olinda Elementary School	287
Excelsior Prep Charter School of Hialeah	287
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School	287
Doral Academy of Technology	287
Andrea Castillo Preparatory Academy	287
Palm Glades Preparatory High School	286
Colonial Drive Elementary School	284
School for Advanced Studies - South	284
South Florida Autism Charter School Inc.	281
Carol City Elementary School	276
Just Arts and Management Charter Middle School	272
Integrated Science and Asian Culture (Isaac) Academy	270
Liberty City Elementary School	269
Ludlam Elementary School	269
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead	268
Palm Glades Preparatory Academy	266
Crestview Elementary School	265
Twin Lakes Elementary School	265
Miami Community Charter High School	265
Itech@thomas A. Edison Educational Center	265
The Seed School of Miami	263
Lorah Park Elementary School	262
Alpha Charter of Excellence	259
Lincoln-Marti Schools International Campus	256
Miami Gardens Elementary School	252
Lake Stevens Elementary School	251
Pine Villa Elementary School	250
Youth CO-OP Preparatory High School	247
Village Green Elementary School	245
Somerset Academy Bay Middle School	244
Barbara Hawkins Elementary School	241
SLAM Academy High School North Campus	237
Bunche Park Elementary School	234
Somerset Academy Kendall	226
Rainbow Park Elementary School	224
Beacon College Prep Middle School	223
Frederick R. Douglass Elementary School	221
Dr. Frederica S. Wilson/Skyway Elementary School	217
Golden Glades Elementary School	216
Parkway Elementary School	216
Lincoln-Marti Charter School Hialeah Campus	209
Mater International Academy	203
North Glade Elementary School	193
Miami-Dade Online Academy Virtual Instruction Program	190
Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School	189
Bridgeprep Academy Interamerican Campus	186
Mater International Preparatory	185
Parkview Elementary School	182
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School South Miami Campus	178
Colegiate Virtual Academy	178
Robert Russa Moton Elementary School	177
Poinciana Park Elementary School	168
Charter High School of the Americas	155
Young Men's Preparatory Academy	153
Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead	149
Theodore R. and Thelma A. Gibson Charter School	140
School for Advanced Studies Homestead	135
School for Advanced Studies North	132
Brightview Preparatory Academy	130
School for Advanced Studies-Wolfson	129
School for Advanced Studies	126
Early Beginnings Academy	112
Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center	94
Instructional Center System Wide	88
Mater Academy Virtual Charter School	87
Miami Macarthur Educational Center	74
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center South	74
Juvenile Justice Center Alt Ed	71
Neva King Cooper Educational Center	69
Jann Mann Educational Center	68
Teenage Parent Program	63
Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education.	62
Cope Center North	43
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center N	43
Secondary Student Success Center 803	36
Phoenix Academy of Excellence North	33
Charter High School of the Americas (Florida City Campus)	31
Dorothy M. Wallace Cope Center	29
Pace Center for Girls	28
Turner/Guilford/Knight	24
International Studies Virtual Academy	23
Secondary Student Success Center 801	21
Phoenix Academy of Excellence	21
Amikids Miami-Dade North	20
Miami Youth Academy	19
Secondary Student Success Center 802	16
Secondary Student Success Center-804	16
Amikids Miami-Dade South	14
Title I. Migrant Education Program	11
Nicklaus Children's Hospital	11
Boystown	0
Here's Help	0
Citrus Health Sipp/Crisis	0
His House	0