Miami Beach Senior High, 2231 Prairie Ave.: grades 9-12, 2,134 students (NCES 2024-25), a B in Florida's 2026 school grades. Zone, bell times, sports.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Miami Beach Senior High website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory, Miami-Dade County’s high school attendance boundaries and the FHSAA.

Miami Beach Senior High is the Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school for the whole city. Every Miami Beach address point in the county’s attendance boundary map falls inside its zone. The school says its traditions date to 1926. Students and teams are the Hi-Tides, and the district lists the school colors as scarlet and silver.

Who to call
Address 2231 Prairie Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139
Phone 305-532-4515
Grades 9 to 12
Team name Hi-Tides
District Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Al Torossian, according to the school’s administrative team page, which lists four assistant principals.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 2,134 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 85 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 25.1 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 1,858 students against a capacity of 2,354, or 79% full; it does not give a date for that count.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F. The state says school grades “provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school,” in its 2026 school grades overview. A high school’s grade adds the graduation rate and college and career acceleration to test results.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (60% of possible points)
2024-25 B
2023-24 C

From the 2026 grades file, where achievement is the share of tested students at grade level or above:

  • English language arts achievement: 59%
  • Math achievement: 39%
  • Science achievement: 57%
  • Social studies achievement: 81%
  • Four-year graduation rate (2024-25): 94%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 71%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.

Attendance zone

The district’s directory describes the zone as everything from Baker’s Haulover Inlet south to the southern tip of Fisher Island, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, including Dodge Island in Biscayne Bay. The directory dates the zone to the 1989-90 school year. Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

The district’s directory places these schools in the Miami Beach Senior High feeder pattern:

Programs and academies

The principal’s message on the school website names the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, Advanced Placement, AP Capstone, dual enrollment and academy courses with certification exams. The site lists seven academies: Communication and Digital Media, Creative Arts, Education and Training, Hospitality and Tourism, Information Technology, Marine and Environmental Science, and Visual and Performing Arts.

According to the school’s IB page, students enter its Scholars Academy in ninth grade and may apply to the IB Diploma Programme in their sophomore year, taking the diploma in their junior and senior years. They must keep an unweighted grade point average of at least 2.5 in core classes to be accepted and stay in the program.

Calendar and bell times

The school day runs from 7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. in four blocks, with odd periods on “A” days and even periods on “B” days, according to the school’s 2026-27 bell schedule (PDF). Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher planning day, no students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving holiday and recess day
  • Friday, Dec. 18: teacher planning day, no students
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter recess

Sports and activities

The Hi-Tides play football in Class 5A, Region 4, District 16 for 2026-27 and 2027-28, according to the FHSAA’s classifications, alongside Everglades of Miramar, Mater Academy of Hialeah Gardens and Miami Southridge. The school plays in the district’s Greater Miami Athletic Conference. Its athletics website lists:

  • Boys: baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling
  • Girls: basketball, bowling, cross country, flag football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo

The school’s athletics contact page names Luis Sanchez as athletic director. For game nights, see our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Miami Beach Senior High serve?

Grades 9 through 12. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school is at 2231 Prairie Ave. in Miami Beach.

What is Miami Beach Senior High’s school grade?

It earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 60% of possible points, the same grade as in 2025, after a C in 2024.

Which high school is Miami Beach zoned for?

All of Miami Beach is in the Miami Beach Senior High attendance zone, according to Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary map. Nautilus Middle is the zoned middle school for the whole city.

What time does Miami Beach Senior High start?

Classes run from 7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the school’s 2026-27 bell schedule and the district’s directory.