Miami Courant

Miami-Dade County School District's ninth-grade had the highest student enrollment per grade in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Overall, there were 27,668 students enrolled in district’s ninth-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 8.2% of the student body in the district.

The number of students in the ninth-grade grew by 5.4% compared to the year before.

Miami-Dade County School District also had a high enrollment for the eighth-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.

Within the district, John A. Ferguson Senior High School had the most ninth-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.

Data showed that Miami-Dade County School District enrolled a total of 335,929 students in the 2022-23 school year, the highest enrollment in Florida.

It was also ranked highest in the year before.

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.

Schools	Number of Students
Academir Charter School East at Doral	458
Academir Charter School Middle	297
Academir Charter School Preparatory	1,150
Academir Charter School West	715
Academir Charter School of Math and Science	399
Academir Preparatory Academy	377
Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead	149
Acceleration Academies-Central Miami	413
Ada Merritt K-8 Center	747
Agenoria S. Paschal/Olinda Elementary School	287
Air Base K-8 Center for International Education	1,109
Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School	1,597
Alpha Charter of Excellence	259
Amelia Earhart Elementary School	437
American Senior High School	1,652
Amikids Miami-Dade North	20
Amikids Miami-Dade South	14
Andover Middle School	452
Andrea Castillo Preparatory Academy	287
Archcreek Elementary School	442
Archimedean Academy	646
Archimedean Middle Conservatory	330
Archimedean Upper Conservatory	306
Arcola Lake Elementary School	521
Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts	513
Arvida Middle School	1,024
Auburndale Elementary School	706
Aventura City of Excellence School	1,032
Aventura Waterways K-8 Center	2,168
Avocado Elementary School	605
Banyan Elementary School	401
Barbara Goleman Senior High School	2,854
Barbara Hawkins Elementary School	241
Beacon College Prep Middle School	223
Beacon College Preparatory Elementary School	317
Bel-Aire Elementary School	319
Ben Gamla Charter School	353
Ben Sheppard Elementary School	897
Benjamin Franklin K-8 Center	510
Bent Tree Elementary School	395
Biotech@richmond Heights 9-12 High School	325
Biscayne Beach Elementary School	578
Blue Lakes Elementary School	380
Bob Graham Education Center	1,469
Booker T. Washington Senior High School	1,014
Bowman Ashe/Doolin K-8 Academy	835
Boystown	0
Brentwood Elementary School	428
Bridgeprep Academy Interamerican Campus	186
Bridgeprep Academy South	436
Bridgeprep Academy of Greater Miami	424
Bridgeprep Academy of Miami Dade	836
Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami Beach	609
Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green	770
Brightview Preparatory Academy	130
Broadmoor Elementary School	501
Brownsville Middle School	487
Brucie Ball Educational Center	426
Bunche Park Elementary School	234
C. G. Bethel High School	348
Calusa Elementary School	770
Campbell Drive K-8 Center	903
Caribbean K-8 Center	700
Carol City Elementary School	276
Carol City Middle School	453
Carrie P. Meek/Westview K-8 Center	551
Chambers High School	480
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center N	43
Chapman Partnership Early Childhood Center South	74
Charles R. Drew K-8 Center	417
Charles R. Hadley Elementary School	626
Charter High School of the Americas	155
Charter High School of the Americas (Florida City Campus)	31
Christina M. Eve Elementary School	532
Citrus Grove Elementary School	866
Citrus Grove Middle School	781
Citrus Health Sipp/Crisis	0
City of Hialeah Educational Academy	969
Claude Pepper Elementary School	432
Coconut Grove Elementary School	541
Coconut Palm K-8 Academy	1,210
Colegiate Virtual Academy	178
Colonial Drive Elementary School	284
Comstock Elementary School	573
Cope Center North	43
Coral Gables Preparatory Academy	862
Coral Gables Senior High School	2,824
Coral Park Elementary School	512
Coral Reef Elementary School	740
Coral Reef Montessori Academy Charter School	532
Coral Reef Senior High School	3,243
Coral Terrace Elementary School	476
Coral Way K-8 Center	1,064
Country Club Middle School	644
Crestview Elementary School	265
Cutler Bay Middle School	1,031
Cutler Bay Senior High School	572
Cutler Ridge Elementary School	396
Cypress K-8 Center	390
Dante B. Fascell Elementary School	357
David Fairchild Elementary School	468
David Lawrence Jr. K-8 Center	1,282
Design & Architecture Senior High School	489
Devon Aire K-8 Center	1,029
Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores	596
Don Soffer Aventura High School	807
Doral Academy	1,099
Doral Academy Charter High School	2,003
Doral Academy Charter Middle School	1,381
Doral Academy of Technology	287
Doral International Academy of Math and Science	816
Doral Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	402
Dorothy M. Wallace Cope Center	29
Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School	1,085
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School	1,500
Downtown Miami Charter School	484
Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School	552
Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary School	643
Dr. Frederica S. Wilson/Skyway Elementary School	217
Dr. Gilbert L. Porter Elementary School	570
Dr. Henry E. Perrine Academy of the Arts	550
Dr. Henry W. Mack/West Little River K-8 Center	415
Dr. Manuel C. Barreiro Elementary School	612
Dr. Marvin Dunn Academy for Community Education.	62
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School	2,235
Dr. Robert B. Ingram Elementary School	299
Dr. Rolando Espinosa K-8 Center	792
Dr. Toni Bilbao Preparatory Academy	661
Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School	554
E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary School	645
Earlington Heights Elementary School	340
Early Beginnings Academy	112
Edison Park K-8 Center	437
Emerson Elementary School	301
Eneida M. Hartner Elementary School	377
Ernest R. Graham K-8 Academy	915
Ethel Koger Beckham K-8 Center	838
Eugenia B. Thomas K-8 Center	1,138
Everglades K-8 Center	953
Everglades Preparatory Academy	449
Everglades Preparatory Academy High School	498
Excelsior Prep Charter School of Hialeah	287
Excelsior Prep Charter School of Miami	447
Fairlawn Elementary School	546
Felix Varela Senior High School	2,068
Flagami Elementary School	357
Flamingo Elementary School	658
Florida City Elementary School	608
Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center	707
Frederick R. Douglass Elementary School	221
Fulford Elementary School	461
G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School	2,436
Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center	1,355
George W. Carver Elementary School	566
George Washington Carver Middle School	971
Georgia Jones Ayers Middle School	543
Gertrude K. Edelman/Sabal Palm	504
Glades Middle School	1,163
Gloria Floyd Elementary School	347
Golden Glades Elementary School	216
Goulds Elementary School	407
Gratigny Elementary School	417
Green Springs High School	547
Greenglade Elementary School	298
Greynolds Park Elementary School	527
Gulfstream Elementary School	603
Hammocks Middle School	539
Henry H. Filer Middle School	603
Henry M. Flagler Elementary School	743
Henry S. West Laboratory School	392
Henrye. S. Reeves K-8 Center	900
Herbert A. Ammons Middle School	1,005
Here's Help	0
Hialeah Elementary School	740
Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,010
Hialeah Gardens Middle School	1,608
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School	2,756
Hialeah Middle School	878
Hialeah Senior High School	1,732
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School	1,344
Hibiscus Elementary School	403
Highland Oaks Middle School	774
His House	0
Holmes Elementary School	358
Homestead Middle School	666
Homestead Senior High School	2,020
Horace Mann Middle School	528
Howard D. McMillan Middle School	865
Howard Drive Elementary School	361
Hubert O. Sibley K-8 Academy	660
I. Preparatory Academy	797
Imater Academy	657
Imater Academy Middle School	741
Imater Preparatory Academy High School	982
Instructional Center System Wide	88
Integrated Science and Asian Culture (Isaac) Academy	270
International Studies Charter High School	352
International Studies Charter Middle School	315
International Studies Preparatory Academy	381
International Studies Virtual Academy	23
Irving & Beatrice Peskoe K-8 Center	763
Itech@thomas A. Edison Educational Center	265
J. C. Bermudez Doral Senior High School	859
Jack David Gordon Elementary School	840
James H. Bright Elementary/J.W. Johnson Elementary School	448
Jane S. Roberts K-8 Center	625
Jann Mann Educational Center	68
Joe Hall Elementary School	375
Joella Good Elementary School	942
John A. Ferguson Senior High School	4,368
John F. Kennedy Middle School	673
John G. Dupuis Elementary School	479
John I. Smith K-8 Center	1,001
Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School	1,344
Jose De Diego Middle School	868
Jose Marti Mast 6-12 Academy	902
Just Arts and Management Charter Middle School	272
Juvenile Justice Center Alt Ed	71
Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School	311
Kendale Elementary School	371
Kendale Lakes Elementary School	693
Kendall Greens High School	511
Kendall Square K-8 Center	458
Kensington Park Elementary School	922
Kenwood K-8 Center	844
Key Biscayne K-8 Center	921
Keys Gate Charter High School	690
Keys Gate Charter School	1,972
Kinloch Park Elementary School	537
Kinloch Park Middle School	643
Kipp Miami-Liberty City	1,048
Lake Stevens Elementary School	251
Lake Stevens Middle School	427
Lakeview Elementary School	384
Lamar Louise Curry Middle School	804
Laura C. Saunders Elementary School	477
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School	287
Lawton Chiles Middle School	563
Leewood K-8 Center	599
Leisure City K-8 Center	1,013
Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary School	344
Liberty City Elementary School	269
Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center	334
Lincoln-Marti Charter School Hialeah Campus	209
Lincoln-Marti Charter School Little Havana Campus	684
Lincoln-Marti Schools International Campus	256
Linda Lentin K-8 Center	674
Lorah Park Elementary School	262
Ludlam Elementary School	269
Madie Ives K-8 Preparatory Academy	1,042
Madison Middle School	403
Mae M. Walters Elementary School	611
Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy	781
Marcus A. Milam K-8 Center	983
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary School	623
Mast Academy	1,535
Mast@fiu	448
Mater Academy	1,529
Mater Academy Bay Biscayne North Miami Elementary School	496
Mater Academy Bay Elementary	962
Mater Academy Bay High School	316
Mater Academy Bay Middle School	451
Mater Academy Charter High School	1,657
Mater Academy Charter Middle School	1,174
Mater Academy East Charter School	566
Mater Academy Lakes High School	1,201
Mater Academy Lakes Middle School	890
Mater Academy Virtual Charter School	87
Mater Academy of International Studies	485
Mater Gardens Academy	801
Mater Grove Academy	1,215
Mater International Academy	203
Mater International Preparatory	185
Mater Performing Arts & Entertainment Academy	348
Mater Preparatory Academy	375
Maya Angelou Elementary School	632
Meadowlane Elementary School	687
Melrose Elementary School	494
Miami Arts Charter	1,097
Miami Arts Studio 6-12 at Zelda Glazer	1,788
Miami Beach Feinberg/Fisher K-8	842
Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School	918
Miami Beach Senior High School	2,175
Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary School	490
Miami Carol City Senior High School	804
Miami Central Senior High School	1,398
Miami Children's Museum Charter School	309
Miami Community Charter High School	265
Miami Community Charter Middle School	322
Miami Community Charter School	535
Miami Coral Park Senior High School	2,190
Miami Edison Senior High School	623
Miami Gardens Elementary School	252
Miami Heights Elementary School	644
Miami Jackson Senior High School	1,305
Miami Killian Senior High School	1,069
Miami Lakes Educational Center	1,025
Miami Lakes K-8 Center	1,159
Miami Lakes Middle School	1,011
Miami Macarthur Educational Center	74
Miami Norland Senior High School	1,580
Miami Northwestern Senior High School	1,429
Miami Palmetto Senior High School	2,671
Miami Senior High School	2,905
Miami Shores Elementary School	559
Miami Southridge Senior High School	2,085
Miami Springs Elementary School	379
Miami Springs Middle School	640
Miami Springs Senior High School	998
Miami Sunset Senior High School	1,062
Miami Youth Academy	19
Miami-Dade Online Academy Virtual Instruction Program	190
Miami-Dade Virtual High School Franchise	1,111
Morningside K-8 Academy	415
Myrtle Grove K-8 Center	296
Nathan B. Young Elementary School	343
Natural Bridge Elementary School	386
Neva King Cooper Educational Center	69
New World School of the Arts	466
Nicklaus Children's Hospital	11
Norland Elementary School	562
Norland Middle School	706
Norma Butler Bossard Elementary School	1,042
Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8	2,231
North Beach Elementary School	937
North County K-8 Center	343
North Dade Middle School	434
North Gardens High School	462
North Glade Elementary School	193
North Hialeah Elementary School	432
North Miami Beach Senior High School	1,149
North Miami Elementary School	423
North Miami Middle School	807
North Miami Senior High School	1,747
North Park High School	548
North Twin Lakes Elementary School	500
Norwood Elementary School	454
Oak Grove Elementary School	472
Ojus Elementary School	776
Oliver Hoover Elementary School	646
Olympia Heights Elementary School	316
Orchard Villa Elementary School	305
Pace Center for Girls	28
Palm Glades Preparatory Academy	266
Palm Glades Preparatory High School	286
Palm Lakes Elementary School	572
Palm Springs Elementary School	559
Palm Springs Middle School	782
Palm Springs North Elementary School	1,066
Palmetto Elementary School	569
Palmetto Middle School	838
Parkview Elementary School	182
Parkway Elementary School	216
Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center	336
Paul W. Bell Middle School	486
Phoenix Academy of Excellence	21
Phoenix Academy of Excellence North	33
Phyllis R. Miller Elementary School	503
Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School	189
Pine Lake Elementary School	376
Pine Villa Elementary School	250
Pinecrest Academy (North Campus)	419
Pinecrest Academy (South Campus)	750
Pinecrest Academy Charter Middle School	528
Pinecrest Cove Academy	947
Pinecrest Elementary School	601
Pinecrest Glades Academy	940
Pinecrest Glades Preparatory Academy Middle High School	1,097
Pinecrest North Preparatory (Fontainebleau Campus)	784
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy	555
Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School	530
Poinciana Park Elementary School	168
Ponce De Leon Middle School	888
PreK Intervention	290
Rainbow Park Elementary School	224
Redland Elementary School	868
Redland Middle School	601
Redondo Elementary School	500
Renaissance Elementary Charter School	910
Renaissance Middle Charter School	471
Richmond Heights Middle School	439
Riverside Elementary School	683
Riviera Middle School	504
Robert Morgan Educational Center	1,845
Robert Russa Moton Elementary School	177
Rockway Elementary School	337
Rockway Middle School	975
Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School	1,591
Royal Green Elementary School	407
Royal Palm Elementary School	745
Ruben Dario Middle School	549
Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center	1,249
Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center	94
SLAM Academy High School North Campus	237
Santa Clara Elementary School	596
School for Advanced Studies	126
School for Advanced Studies - South	284
School for Advanced Studies Homestead	135
School for Advanced Studies North	132
School for Advanced Studies-Wolfson	129
Scott Lake Elementary School	462
Secondary Student Success Center 801	21
Secondary Student Success Center 802	16
Secondary Student Success Center 803	36
Secondary Student Success Center-804	16
Seminole Elementary School	522
Shadowlawn Elementary School	735
Shenandoah Elementary School	787
Shenandoah Middle School	1,296
Silver Bluff Elementary School	399
Snapper Creek Elementary School	371
Somerset Academy	645
Somerset Academy Bay	458
Somerset Academy Bay Middle School	244
Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School (South Homestead)	579
Somerset Academy Charter High School	914
Somerset Academy Charter High School (South Homestead)	540
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School	438
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School (South Homestead)	470
Somerset Academy Charter Middle School South Miami Campus	178
Somerset Academy Elementary School South Miami Campus	505
Somerset Academy Kendall	226
Somerset Academy Silver Palms	1,939
Somerset Academy Silver Palms at Princeton	571
Somerset Arts Academy	411
Somerset Gables Academy	473
Somerset Oaks Academy	624
Somerset Palms Academy	303
Somerset Prep Academy Middle Homestead	320
Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead	268
Somerset Preparatory Academy Sunset	442
Somerset Prepatory Academy - Homestead	382
South Dade Middle School	1,243
South Dade Senior High School	3,145
South Florida Autism Charter School Inc.	281
South Hialeah Elementary School	828
South Miami Heights Elementary School	452
South Miami K-8 Center	534
South Miami Middle School	725
South Miami Senior High School	1,507
Southside Preparatory Academy	929
Southwest Miami Senior High School	2,415
Southwood Middle School	1,098
Spanish Lake Elementary School	1,183
Sports Leadership Arts Management Charter High School	895
Springview Elementary School	296
Stellar Leadership Academy	300
Summerville Advantage Academy	457
Sunset Elementary School	1,196
Sunset Park Elementary School	402
Sweetwater Elementary School	497
Sylvania Heights Elementary School	503
Teenage Parent Program	63
Terra Environmental Research Institute	1,619
The Charter School at Waterstone	995
The Seed School of Miami	263
Theodore R. and Thelma A. Gibson Charter School	140
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	608
Title I. Migrant Education Program	11
Toussaint L'Ouverture Elementary School	337
Treasure Island Elementary School	399
Tropical Elementary School	671
True North Classical Academy	298
True North Classical Academy High School	299
Turner/Guilford/Knight	24
Twin Lakes Elementary School	265
Van E. Blanton Elementary School	399
Village Green Elementary School	245
Vineland K-8 Center	740
Virginia A. Boone-Highland Oaks School	600
W. J. Bryan Elementary School	622
W. R. Thomas Middle School	639
Wesley Matthews Elementary School	536
West Hialeah Gardens Elementary School	1,131
West Homestead K-8 Center	851
West Lakes Preparatory Academy	533
West Miami Middle School	655
Westland Hialeah Senior High School	1,098
Whispering Pines Elementary School	483
William H. Lehman Elementary School	543
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School	1,208
Winston Park K-8 Center	1,204
Young Men's Preparatory Academy	153
Young Womens Preparatory Academy	350
Youth CO-OP Charter School	775
Youth CO-OP Preparatory High School	247
Zora Neale Hurston Elementary School	467
Total Miami-Dade County School District	335,929