HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOMESTEAD · FL · MIAMI-DADE · Public
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MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH → SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → ROBERT MORGAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH → CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 93th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 93% (67th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH, SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ROBERT MORGAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
59th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2193th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
67th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +9.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,323 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,939 per student in district revenue, the 1,275 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $16,497,225/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH MIAMI |
Public | 10.8 | 2,238 | +15.5% |
| SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD |
Public | 3.6 | 3,382 | +9.7% |
| ROBERT MORGAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI |
Public | 11.2 | 1,780 | -9.5% |
| MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI |
Public | 17.1 | 2,618 | -3.7% |
| FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI |
Public | 15.8 | 1,935 | -3.8% |
| G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGH MIAMI |
Public | 19.7 | 2,291 | -11.9% |
| CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI |
Public | 14.0 | 3,399 | +2.7% |
| SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH MIAMI |
Public | 20.3 | 2,599 | +13.1% |