Miami Jackson High School

Miami Jackson Senior High School, also known as Andrew Jackson High School or Jackson High School, is a high school located at 1751 NW 36th Street in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Its athletic team name is the Generals.

Miami Jackson Senior High School
Address
1751 NW 36th St

Miami
,
Florida 33142

United States
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1898
School districtMiami-Dade County Public Schools
PrincipalRennina Turner
Teaching staff76.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,558 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.50[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)         
MascotGeneral
School hours7:20 AM to 2:20 PM
Websitehttps://jacksonshs.org

History

Jackson High School began as a grade school. The original building was a log cabin built in 1898 on land donated by L.J. Becker. In its first year there were only 14 students enrolled.

It was replaced by a four-room grade school which was more than doubled later with the addition of a five-room annex. Due to the growth of Miami's northwestern section, more rooms had to be added. In 1926, a three-story high school building was added. This building remained the Jackson High School main campus until 2008, when a new campus, built upon the school's athletic fields, was opened and the historical building demolished, with the land it was on making up the new athletic fields. Jackson's renovation was a part of a program to completely rebuild all high schools in Miami-Dade county and was the second school to be rebuilt after Miami Beach High School. The former building was the third oldest high school building in Miami-Dade County, Florida after Beach High and the historical campus at Miami High School. The tenth grade was added in 1936, and by 1939 the eleventh and twelfth grades were added. By then the elementary grades had been dropped. Jackson's first graduating class had 79 students.

Demographics

Miami Jackson High is 67% Hispanic, 32% Black and 1% White non-Hispanic.[2]

Academics

The State's Accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.

The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:

  • 1998-99: D
  • 1999-00: D
  • 2000-01: D
  • 2001-02: F (259 points)
  • 2002-03: F (259 points)
  • 2003-04: F (270 points)
  • 2004-05: D (289 points)
  • 2005-06: F (272 points)
  • 2006-07: D (397 points)
  • 2007-08: C (407 points)
  • 2008-09: F (390 points)
  • 2009-10: D (825 points)
  • 2010-2011: A (1,056 points)
  • 2011-2012: A
  • 2012-2013: B
  • 2013-2014: B (1041 points)
  • 2014-2015: C
  • 2015-2016: C
  • 2016-2017: C

Notable alumni

Actors and entertainers
  • Edward Muscare - Class of 1951; television and YouTube personality
  • Angela Pitts - Class of 2002; contestant on Flavor of Love 3; best known as Myamee; winner of I Love Money 2
  • Andrew Prine - Class of 1954; veteran film, stage and television actor, with over 150 movies and TV episodes to his credit
  • Bob Vila - Class of 1962; host of television's This Old House

Military
  • Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez - Class of 1943; Korean War ace, 14 kills[3]

Sports

Basketball
  • Mychal Thompson - Class of 1974; 33-0 State Championship team (stripped of title by the FHSAA for using four ineligible players); two-time NBA champion with Los Angeles Lakers; sports broadcaster

Baseball

Football

Miami Jackson High football team is managed by Lakatriona Brunson.

Olympics

See also

References
  1. "MIAMI JACKSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  2. "Miami Jackson Senior High School". 30 March 2010.
  3. Davis, Larry. "The Unknown Ace". Mig Alley. Archived from the original on 2014-09-23.
  4. Knight, Joey (April 28, 2018). "Quinton Flowers lands free-agent deal with Bengals". Tampa Bay Times.

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