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Miami Palmetto Senior High School is a secondary school located at 7460 S.W. 118th Street in Pinecrest, Florida; its principal is Howard I. Weiner.
Miami Palmetto is a nationally recognized senior high school located on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in the Village of Pinecrest, Florida in southeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida, and is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. Palmetto's Athletic Rivals are Miami Killian High School and Coral Reef High School.
Like South Florida, Palmetto itself has changed a great deal in many respects since it was built in 1958. Palmetto serves a diverse population both culturally and socio-economically. The school is 43% white non-Hispanic, 33% Hispanic, 17% black non-Hispanic, and 7% Asian/other. Palmetto is Miami's last white-plurality school.
Palmetto students score higher on both state and national assessments than any other standard (non-magnet) public school in Miami-Dade County. According to Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2006), Palmetto is ranked at 67th in the nation, 13th in the state of Florida. 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 2005 and divides it by the number of graduating seniors.
Palmetto Media
Miami Palmetto has two publications: the newspaper, The Panther, and the yearbook, Palm Echo. The newspaper is published monthly while the yearbook is published annually. The daily morning newscast, WPAW, airs on closed-circuit channel 3.
Notable alumni
- Jeff Bezos - founder of Amazon.com
- Sylvia Hitchcock - 1967 Miss Universe winner
- Nadia Turner - Season 4 American Idol finalist
- Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie - American astronaut
- Jennifer Rodriguez - Olympic speedskater
- Dan Blonsky - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire grand prize winner
- John Marcus - country music bassist, part of Tim McGraw's famed "Dance Hall Doctors"
See also
External links
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Miami Palmetto Senior High website
- 04-05 School Profile - Demographics
- 04-05 School Profile - Achievement
Educational institutions established in the 1950s | High schools in Florida | Miami-Dade County Public Schools
"Miami Palmetto High School"