Miami Killian Senior High School - Miami, Florida/FL

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Miami Killian Senior High School

10655 Sw 97th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33176 -

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Definition of Terms

Miami Killian 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

3827 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

164 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 1128 students

Grade 10 - 1109 students

Grade 11 - 820 students

Grade 12 - 770 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:23

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	50%	18%
% Black	22%	26%
% White	25%	52%
% Unknown	1 %	1%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

25%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

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%

Miami Killian Senior High renews program for at-risk students (Miami Herald)
posted on October 8, 2009 at 05:02:05 am
A program for at-risk students has been renewed at Miami Killian Senior High School. The Children's Trust and the Department of Juvenile Justice have granted funds for the Non-Violence Project at Killian.
Sailing club nationally ranked (The Miami Hurricane)
posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:13:00 pm
Now in its third year of competing at the national level, the team has been ranked by Sailing World, a magazine that specializes in the sport. They received 13 votes from sailing coaches from different schools.
Burke officially in as Keys schools superintendent (Florida Keys Keynoter)
posted on August 24, 2009 at 11:34:24 pm
Monroe Countys newly appointed schools superintendent, Joseph Burke, was officially sworn into office at the School Districts administrative offices in Key West Monday afternoon.
Amherst Regional School Committee picks Miami-Dade's Alberto Rodriguez as new superintendent (The Republican)
posted on March 3, 2009 at 03:29:26 pm
AMHERST - After nearly a 90-minute discussion before more than five dozen parents, teachers, administrators and community people, the Amherst Regional School Committee decided to name Alberto Rodriguez, the principal of Westland Hialeah Senior High School in the Miami-Dade School District, as its superintendent.
Amherst schools chief picked (The Republican)
posted on March 3, 2009 at 09:58:57 am
AMHERST - After nearly a 90-minute discussion before more than five dozen parents, teachers, administrators and community people, the Amherst Regional School Committee decided to name Alberto Rodriguez, the principal of Westland Hialeah Senior High School in the Miami-Dade School District, as its superintendent.

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Miami Killian Senior High School is a secondary school located in Miami, Florida, USA. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System.
Academics
Miami Killian offers over 20 different AP (Advanced Placement) courses, which can be taken for college credit if a student passes the culminating exam at the end of the year.
Miami Killian's "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" team has won the state competition in 2005, 2007, and 2008 and attended the national competition in 2007 and 2008.
Miami Killian's rivals are Palmetto High, Coral Reef High and Southridge Highschool.
Demographics
Miami Killian is 50% Hispanic, 25% White non-Hispanic, 22% Black, and 2% Asian.
Athletics
Championships
Varsity boys' soccer:
1977 State Title
1983 State Title
1984 State Title
1988 State Title
1990 State Title
1992 State Title
Varsity boys' football:
2004 State Title (04-05 school year) class of 2005
Varsity boys' Baseball:
1990 Regional & Sectional Champions
2004 Regional Champions
2005 Regional Champions
Notable alumni
Tony Sanchez - catcher drafted 4th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2009 MLB draft
Raja Bell - active guard for the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA
Steve Blake - spent freshman and sophomore year at Miami Killian Senior High School, University of Maryland Alumnus and active point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA
Alex S. Gonzalez - retired MLB player
Dave Graveline - Nationally Syndicated Radio and Television Personality, Host of "Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline"
Randal Hill - retired NFL player and University of Miami,(FL) Alumnus
Andy Slater - active Fox Sports Radio talk-show host
Sean Taylor - late NFL player who played safety for Washington Redskins. Attended Miami Killian then transferred to Gulliver Preparatory School
Stephen Tulloch - active linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL and N.C. State Alumnus
Danny Miranda - Pitcher out of Killian Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 50th round
John Patterson - retired MLB Pitcher
Derick Gibson - Retired NFL Player,FSU Graduate,Oakland Raiders
See also
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Killian Nine
External links
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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