Best High Schools in Miami, FL (2025-26)
Every ranked high school in Miami, FL, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Miami, FL rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
Miami, FL high schools ranked
| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A+ | Terra Environmental Research Institute (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 96% | 52% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,619 |
| #2 | A+ | Iprep Academy North | Miami | Miami-Dade | 91% | 54% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 476 |
| #3 | A+ | True North Classical Academy (Charter, K-12) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 91% | 60% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 298 |
| #4 | A+ | I Preparatory Academy (Magnet, K-12) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 90% | 53% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 797 |
| #5 | A+ | Young Womens Preparatory Academy (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 90% | 48% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 350 |
| #6 | A+ | Miami Arts Studio 6 12 At Zelda Glazer (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 89% | 49% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,788 |
| #7 | A+ | Archimedean Upper Conservatory (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 88% | 54% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 306 |
| #8 | A+ | Coral Reef Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 85% | 49% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 3,243 |
| #9 | A+ | Itechatthomas A Edison Educational Center (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 84% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 265 |
| #10 | A+ | New World School Of The Arts (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 84% | 49% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 466 |
| #11 | A | International Studies Charter High School (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 83% | 47% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 352 |
| #12 | A | Pinecrest Glades Preparatory Academy Middle High School (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 80% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,097 |
| #13 | A | Design And Architecture Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 78% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 489 |
| #14 | A | Biotechatrichmond Heights 9 12 High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 76% | 38% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 325 |
| #15 | A | Mater Academy Biscayne North Miami High School (Charter) | Miami | 76% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 68 | |
| #16 | A | Mater Brickell Academy High (Charter) | Miami | 75% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 235 | |
| #17 | A- | Miami Arts Charter (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 72% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,097 |
| #18 | A- | Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 71% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 530 |
| #19 | A- | John A Ferguson Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 69% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 4,368 |
| #20 | A- | Robert Morgan Educational Center (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 67% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,845 |
| #21 | B+ | Charter High School Of The Americas (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 66% | 32% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 155 |
| #22 | B+ | Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 66% | 32% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 287 |
| #23 | B+ | Blue Lakes Elementary School (K-12) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 60% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 380 |
| #24 | B | Young Mens Preparatory Academy (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 61% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 153 |
| #25 | B | Miami Palmetto Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 60% | 48% | Meets Expectations | 2,671 |
| #26 | B- | Miami Coral Park Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 58% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,190 |
| #27 | B- | Miami Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 58% | 35% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,905 |
| #28 | B- | Somerset College Preparatory Academy South High School (Charter) | Miami | 58% | 41% | Exceeds Expectations | 72 | |
| #29 | B- | Southwest Miami Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 58% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,415 |
| #30 | B- | Sports Leadership Arts Management Charter High School (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 57% | 30% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 895 |
| #31 | B- | William H Turner Technical Arts High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 57% | 30% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,208 |
| #32 | B- | Miami Norland Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 56% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,580 |
| #33 | B- | Miami Sunset Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 55% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,062 |
| #34 | C+ | Felix Varela Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 55% | 37% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,068 |
| #35 | C+ | Dr Michael M Krop Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 54% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 2,235 |
| #36 | C+ | Miami Killian Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 54% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,069 |
| #37 | C+ | Miami Edison Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 53% | 16% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 623 |
| #38 | C+ | Mater Lakes Collegiate Academy High School (Charter) | Miami | 52% | 41% | Meets Expectations | 111 | |
| #39 | C+ | Kipp Miami Liberty City (Charter, K-12) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 37% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,048 |
| #40 | C | G Holmes Braddock Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 51% | 36% | Meets Expectations | 2,436 |
| #41 | C | Miami Jackson Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 51% | 23% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,305 |
| #42 | C- | Miami Northwestern Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 47% | 20% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,429 |
| #43 | C- | Alonzo And Tracy Mourning Senior High School | Miami | Miami-Dade | 46% | 39% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,597 |
| #44 | D+ | Booker T Washington Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 45% | 19% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,014 |
| #45 | D+ | Bridgeprep Academy Of Village Green Middle High School (Charter) | Miami | 45% | 48% | Underperforms Expectations | 699 | |
| #46 | D+ | Miami Southridge Senior High (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 45% | 26% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,085 |
| #47 | D+ | Miami Central Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 40% | 17% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,398 |
| #48 | D | Palm Glades Preparatory High School (Charter) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 37% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 286 |
| #49 | D | South Miami Senior High School (Magnet) | Miami | Miami-Dade | 37% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,507 |
How Miami, FL's high schools compare
A: 20B: 13C: 10D: 6
67% of the 49 ranked high schools in Miami, FL earn an A or B (20 A grades, 13 B, 10 C, 6 D, 0 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 46 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (94% here, 74% nationally), and 41 exceed it. On average 64% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 38% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Itechatthomas A Edison Educational Center (84% against 28%, A+), Terra Environmental Research Institute (96% against 52%, A+), Young Womens Preparatory Academy (90% against 48%, A+), Miami Arts Studio 6 12 At Zelda Glazer (89% against 49%, A+), Biotechatrichmond Heights 9 12 High School (76% against 38%, A).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 13): Miami-Dade (13).
The largest ranked high schools: John A Ferguson Senior High (4,368 students, A-, #19), Coral Reef Senior High School (3,243 students, A+, #8), Miami Senior High School (2,905 students, B-, #27).
Of the top 25, 14 are magnet schools and 9 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in Miami, FL that are not ranked
30 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (10)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- D Acceleration Academies Central Miami, Miami
- C- Brucie Ball Educational Center, Miami
- F Green Springs High School, Miami
- C- Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center, Miami
- F Secondary Student Success Center 801, Miami
- D- Secondary Student Success Center 802, Miami
- F Secondary Student Success Center 803, Miami
- F Stellar Leadership Academy, Miami
- D The Seed School Of Miami, Miami
- F Turner/guilford/knight, Miami
Fully online schools (3)
Statewide virtual schools draw students from everywhere, so a place ranking is not a fair comparison.
- B Mater Academy Virtual Charter School, Miami
- A Miami Dade Online Academy Virtual Instruction Program, Miami
- C+ Miami Dade Virtual High School Franchise, Miami
Not yet graded (17)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Amikids Miami-dade North, Miami
- Amikids Miami-dade South, Miami
- Cope Center North, Miami
- Dorothy M Wallace Cope Center, Miami
- Graduation Alliance, Miami
- Instructional Center System Wide, Miami
- International Studies Virtual Academy, Miami
- Juvenile Justice Center Alt Ed, Miami
- Mater Academy East Preparatory, Miami
- Miami Youth Academy, Miami
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami
- Pace Center For Girls, Miami
- School For Advanced Studies North, Miami
- School For Advanced Studies South, Miami
- School For Advanced Studies Wolfson, Miami
- Secondary Student Success Center 804, Miami
- True North Classical Academy High School, Miami
About this ranking
- Scope: public high schools in Miami, FL, as grouped on its schools page; the Florida ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in Miami, FL
What is the best high school in Miami, FL?
Terra Environmental Research Institute in Miami ranks first among the 49 ranked high schools in Miami, FL with a SchoolGrade of A+, 96% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 52%.
How are high schools in Miami, FL ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does Miami, FL have?
SchoolGrade grades 79 public high schools in Miami, FL; 49 are ranked here and 30 are listed as not ranked.