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.
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).
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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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.
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.