Coral Reef Senior High School

Coral Reef Senior High School
Address
10101 SW 152nd Street
Miami, Florida 33157
United States
Coordinates 25°37′41″N 80°21′30″W / 25.628078°N 80.35838°W / 25.628078; -80.35838Coordinates: 25°37′41″N 80°21′30″W / 25.628078°N 80.35838°W / 25.628078; -80.35838
Information
Type Public magnet
Established August 1997
School district Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal Thomas Ennis[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 3,088
Campus size 2,742 sq.ft
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)                     Teal, black, grey, and white
Mascot Barry the Barracuda
Nickname Barracudas
Newspaper Baitline
Website Coral Reef Senior High School homepage

Coral Reef Senior High School is a secondary school located at 10101 S.W. 152nd Street in Richmond Heights, Florida; its principal is currently Thomas Ennis. Coral Reef is locally known as "Miami's Mega Magnet School" since it offers six different magnet programs.

According to Newsweek's list of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools in 2008, the school was ranked at 19th in the nation, making it 4th in the state of Florida at the time. In 2007, 2006 and 2005, it had ranked 22nd, 29th and 13th, respectively. This ranking is based on a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, which takes the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in that school year and divides it by the number of graduating seniors. Coral Reef is currently ranked No.134 of the top high schools in the nation.[2]

The school does not primarily serve the surrounding neighborhoods, but instead takes applications from middle school students all over the county.[3] Selection is done via a lottery system for all magnet programs except for Visual & Performing Arts, for which acceptance is based on ability; students must audition for this program. Most students living around the Coral Reef area attend Miami Palmetto Senior High School or Miami Killian Senior High School.

Coral Reef has received an "A" grade for its performance on the FCAT examination on ten occasions since the annual test was first administered in 1998.[4]

Coral Reef has three publications: the newspaper, Baitline, their yearbook, Tsunami, and the school's literary magazine, Elysium. The newspaper is published monthly while the yearbook and literary magazine are both published annually. The daily morning newscast, CRTV Live (originally known as Cudavision, and later adapted to include the channel number as Cudavision 21), airs on closed-circuit channel 21.

Coral Reef has six different magnets: International Baccalaureate, Leisure Medicine & Health Science, Business & Finance, Legal & Public Affairs, Agriscience & Engineering Technology, and Visual & Performing Arts.

Athletics

The Coral Reef Varsity Cudette Dance Team is a 6-time UDA National Champion. In 2013, the Cudettes won a double national title in jazz and hip hop. (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013).

The boys' varsity basketball team won the 6A state championship during their 2008-2009 season.

The girls varsity softball team won the 8A State Championship during the 2013 season.

Demographics

Coral Reef is 49% Hispanic (of any race), 21% White non-Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% other races.[5]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Principal's Welcome". Coral Reef Senior High School. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Coral Reef Senior High School: Best High Schools – USNews.com
  3. ↑ Coral Reef Senior High School: Miami's Mega-Magnet School
  4. ↑ Florida Department of Education - School Accountability Report Archived January 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Coral Reef Senior High School – Miami, Florida/FL – Public School Profile
  6. ↑ Fraser Delgado, Celeste (June 17, 2004). "Stars are Born". Miami New Times. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ Levin, Jordan (August 30, 2014). "Coral Reef grad Ricky Ubeda vaults to the top of TV's 'So You Think You Can Dance'". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ "South Florida Teacher, Author Dies Battling Brain Cancer". CBS Miami. November 20, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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