Homestead Senior High School - Homestead, Florida/FL

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Homestead Senior High School

2351 Se 12th Avenue, Homestead, FL, 33035-3511 -

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Definition of Terms

Homestead Senior High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Miami-dade County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2885 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

148 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 1004 students

Grade 10 - 789 students

Grade 11 - 608 students

Grade 12 - 484 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	52%	18%
% Black	40%	26%
% White	7%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

61%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Dade County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

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%

Mayor, foe debate taxes, other issues (Miami Herald)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 04:46:37 am
Keys Gate Charter School intended the Homestead mayoral debate to be a learning experience for its students, but that didn't stop things from getting heated between the two opponents as they scrapped over the city's budget, property tax rate, jobs and a proposed charter school.
Killed U.S. Marine from Homestead given hero's farewell (Miami Herald)
posted on August 16, 2009 at 05:02:10 am
Holding a folded American flag against her chest and a single white rose over an elegant gray coffin, Velma Torres paid her final farewell Saturday to her 21-year-old son Cpl. Christian A. Guzman Rivera.
Homestead `hero' killed by mine in desert (Sun-Sentinel)
posted on August 10, 2009 at 10:00:14 am
Having just graduated from Miami-Dade County's fire rescue academy, Christian A. Guzman Rivera thought the two-year wait to become a firefighter was too long.
30 Dade, Broward students awarded college scholarships (Miami Herald)
posted on June 3, 2009 at 07:03:26 am
Christelle Joseph was about to graduate this week from North Miami Senior High School worried about college loans and her slim $50 bank balance.
Two Homestead Senior High students will perform Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy (Miami Herald)
posted on May 10, 2009 at 07:18:01 am
When a young adventurer wanders through the jungle in the show Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, he encounters plants, trees, bushes, birds and animals.

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Homestead High School is a secondary school located at 2351 SE 12 Avenue in Homestead, Florida. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. The principal is Kerri A. Maysonet.
Homestead High School is one of two high schools serving a community that includes most of the city of Homestead, Florida City, Leisure City, the homeless shelter housed at the Homestead Air Force Reserve Base, and the South Dade Labor Camps. The high school offers magnet programs including the Academy of International Business, the Academy of Aviation/Aerospace/Travel and Tourism, an Environmental Horticulture Science and Services program, and a Health Science Education program (one of only three such programs in the state that lead to a Certification in Practical Nursing).
History
In 1992 Homestead High School was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, forcing the school to delay opening for the 1992-1993 school year by two weeks. Most of the families in the surrounding community decided to leave after the hurricane, but a few stayed living in tents, mobile homes, or shared accommodation in other parts of the county. Those students still living in the area were forced to attend other schools in the district that were at times, ten to fifteen miles away.
The damage done to Homestead High School was not significant enough for it to have been demolished. Within a year of the disaster, Homestead High School and nearby South Dade High School (also devastated by Andrew) opened their doors to the still devastated areas welcoming students whose families had not left the area. Since the hurricane, the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic mix of the community and school has changed mainly due to the building of low income housing in the areas where middle class homes used to be located.
Demographics
Homestead High School is 52% Hispanic, 40% Black, 7% White non-Hispanic, and 1% Asian.
See also
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
High school
Education in the United States
External links
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Homestead homepage

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