Booker T. Washington Senior High School - Miami, Florida/FL

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Booker T. Washington Senior High School

1200 Nw 6th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136 -

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Definition of Terms

Booker T. Washington Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Miami-dade County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1547 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 557 students

Grade 10 - 486 students

Grade 11 - 257 students

Grade 12 - 247 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	47%	18%
% Black	52%	26%
% White	1%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

71%

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%

Overtown women evicted after block party ends in mass shooting (Miami Herald)
posted on July 19, 2009 at 07:05:21 am
Two weeks after an Overtown birthday celebration ended with a shooting that claimed the lives of a young woman and a teenage boy, the home that was packed with partygoers is now empty.
Overtown woman evicted after block party ends in mass shooting (Miami Herald)
posted on July 19, 2009 at 07:05:21 am
Two weeks after an Overtown birthday celebration ended with a shooting that claimed the lives of a young woman and a teenage boy, the home that was packed with partygoers is now empty.
2nd Party Shooting Victim Dies (Local 10 Miami)
posted on July 10, 2009 at 06:07:25 pm
A teenage boy is the second victim to die after gunmen opened fire at an Overtown birthday party early Monday.
Overtown Shooting Claims Second Life (NBC Miami)
posted on July 10, 2009 at 01:52:19 pm
"You are going to get yours," family says
Woman Dies After Shooting At Party (Local 10 Miami)
posted on July 7, 2009 at 03:53:38 pm
A woman who was among 12 people shot at a birthday party early Monday has died, Miami police said.

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Booker T. Washington High School is a secondary school located at 1200 NW 6th Avenue in Miami, Florida, USA. Booker T. serves the downtown Miami area; its principal is Rhonda Y. Williams.
Booker T. Washington Senior High School opened its doors in 1926. It is the second oldest public high school in Miami-Dade County. The school was converted to a middle school 1967 to help desegregate the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Construction for the current Booker T. Washington Senior High began in 1996 and the school was converted back to a high school as an overcrowding reliever facility for Miami High School and Miami Edison Senior High School in 1999. In 2006, 11% of the students scored at or above proficiency in reading on the FCAT state examination and 39% scored at or above proficiency in math. The school was included in the district's School Improvement Zone up until the end of the 2007-2008 school year, which includes an extended day and lower class size. The school has a miniature planetarium.
Booker T. Washington's athletic rival is Miami Northwestern High School.
Demographics
Booker T. Washington is 52% Black, 47% Hispanic, and 1% White non-Hispanic.
Athletics
The Booker T.Washington Tornadoes won the FHSAA Class 4A Football State Championship against the Nease Panthers at the Florida Citrus Bowl with Tim Harris as head coach.
In May 2007 the Tornadoes were crowned the FHSAA Class 3A State Champions in track and field.
External links
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Booker T. Washington's website

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