Our Community
Coral Reef High School serves students throughout the entirety of Miami-Dade County which has a population of over 2 million. This population from the 2010 census is broken up into 65% Hispanic (any race), 17.1% Black (non-Hispanic), 15.4% White (non-Hispanic), 1.4% Asian, and 1.1% Other. Our school is proud to be an accurate representation of our community. Our application selection is completed through lottery, except for the Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Program which selects students through audition only.
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The communities closest to our school are typically served by Miami Palmetto High School or Miami Killian High School (both of which are very similar in terms of demographics demographics).
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​Coral Reef Senior High School is located in Richmond Heights, a suburb of Miami. Richmond Heights is in Miami-Dade County. Living in Richmond Heights offers residents an urban feel and most residents own their homes. In Richmond Heights, there are a lot of parks. Many young professionals live there and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools are also above average.
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To hear more about those at our school, check out "Campus Life"
Strengths and Challenges
Embracing Challenge
Some benefits of attending our school (aside from our stellar academic programs) include being a part of a high-work and income neighborhood. This a high-education neighborhood which means most adult residents have completed college. Therefore the chances of students going on to college is highly likely as a result. This community also has a high job density.
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Due to a highly populated location, large classroom sizes (typically a ratio of 25:1) and over crowding (our school is at a Capacity Percentage of 126.16 %) may be a problem and students may have a difficult time focusing. Budget cuts have made it harder to provide the best education possible for our students. Less funding means smaller staffs, fewer resources and a lower number of services for students.