Westland Hialeah Senior High School

Coordinates: 25°51′29″N 80°19′08″W / 25.85794°N 80.31892°W / 25.85794; -80.31892
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Westland Hialeah Senior High
Address
Map
4000 W 18th Ave

,
33012

United States
Coordinates25°51′29″N 80°19′08″W / 25.85794°N 80.31892°W / 25.85794; -80.31892
Information
School typePublic, high school
EstablishedAugust 2007; opened January 7, 2008
School districtMiami-Dade County Public Schools
PrincipalGiovanna Handal
Faculty75.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,400 (2019-2020)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.44[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red, Black, and Grey      
MascotWildcat
Websitewestlandwildcats.net

Westland Hialeah High School is a four-year public high school located at 4000 West 18th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida, United States, a suburb of Miami. The school is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its principal is Giovanna Handal.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,114 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 25.8:1. There were 1,694 students (80.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 111 (5.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The school, fourth to serve the Miami suburb of Hialeah, was built as a reliever for the three overcrowded high schools serving the area. It opened in January 2008, taking the entire southwestern portion of the city in boundaries which are mostly served by Miami Springs and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School. The school holds ninth through twelfth grade. Its first graduating class was the class of 2010, and its founding class was the class of 2011, which graduated in June 2011.

School uniforms[edit]

The school requires its students to wear uniforms consisting of a grey, red, or black polo shirt and black or khaki pants. No sandals or other open-toed shoes are allowed. Students are not allowed to wear jeans or “sweat pant style bottoms” of any type.[3] In addition, students are required to wear their IDs at all times. Crocs are allowed in "sports mode." This new rule was just recently added in July 2023, before the 2023-2024 school year started.[4]

Demographics[edit]

Westland Hialeah High School is 95% Hispanic (mostly Cuban and of Cuban descent).[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "WESTLAND HIALEAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. ^ School data for Westland Hialeah Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Dress Code Policy." Westland Hialeah High School. Retrieved on February 12, 2009.
  4. ^ "[1].
  5. ^ "Westland Hialeah Senior High School (2022 Ranking) | Hialeah, FL".

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