| Definition of Terms |
John A. Ferguson Senior High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet School |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 11 |
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| County |
Miami-dade County, FL |
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| Total Students |
2595 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
114 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 1067 students | | Grade 10 - 975 students | | Grade 11 - 553 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:23 |
1:19 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
2% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
86% |
18% |
| % Black |
2% |
26% |
| % White |
9% |
52% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
1% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
28% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
11% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Dade County School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
394 |
24 |
| Number of Students Managed |
363,406 students |
15,852 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$3,448,734,000 |
$150,286,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$3,439,247,000 |
$148,035,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,490 |
$9,481 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,464 |
$9,339 |
| District Graduation Rates |
76% |
90% |
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- John A. Ferguson Senior High School is a secondary school located at 15900 S.W. 56th St. in Miami, Florida, USA. The school mainly serves the outer portion of Miami's Kendall suburb; its principal is Ms. Jane Garraux.
- John A. Ferguson Senior High School was built to alleviate overcrowding at G. Holmes Braddock High School, and Felix Varela High School, which had reached populations of over 5,000. The school opened in the 2003-2004 school year with its first class attending G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School during more than half of the school year; Ferguson students were stationed in the back portables of the school. Students moved into the newly opened campus during the second half of the second semester as scheduled, although the school was not yet entirely completed. Ferguson was created to relieve overpopulation in G. Holmes Braddock, but it now has a higher student population, ranking as the second most populated in the district after Barbara Goleman Senior High School.
- Its school newspaper is The Talon, which is part of the High School National Ad Network.
- The school is named after a local reverend who assisted the school board in its efforts at desegregation. Several roads and streets have been renamed as a result of the school.
- School uniforms
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Students are required to wear school uniform.This consists of either black, white or gray polo or button-down shirts and black, khaki or gray pants. Jeans are only permitted on select days. For the 2009-2010 school year, students caught wearing jeans on days in which they are not permitted will be given a detention.
- Sports
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Ferguson has an array of sports the school competes in. Cross Country, Swimming, Football, Baseball, Track and Field, Wrestling, Soccer, amongst others.
- External links
- Miami-Dade County public schools
- John A. Ferguson High homepage
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (33185) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
9,868 people |
15,366,089 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
43% |
27% |
| Population Average Age |
34 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
3.4 persons
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2.3 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$57,029
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$38,396 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.8 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
18 years old |
32 years old |
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Zipcode (33185)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
91% / 9% |
67% / 33% |
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