Miami Senior High School

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Miami Senior High School
Address
2450 Southwest 1st Street Miami , Florida 33135 United States
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Non verbis sed operis (Not by words, but deeds)
Established	1903[1]
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Benny Valdés
Teaching staff	120.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,905 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	24.21[2]
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Mascot	"Whippy" the Stingaree[3]
Nickname	Stingarees[4]
Yearbook	The Miahi
Website	www.miamiseniorhigh.org
Miami Senior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Miami Senior High School, July 2013
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Coordinates	25°46′16″N 80°14′10″W / 25.7711°N 80.2360°W / 25.7711; -80.2360
Area	19 acres (7.7 ha)
Built	1928
Architect	Kiehnel and Elliott
Architectural style	Late 19th- and 20th-century revivals,[5] Mediterranean Revival with Moorish elements
NRHP reference No.	90000881[5]
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1990

Miami Senior High School, also known as Miami High School, is a public high school located at 2450 SW 1st Street in Miami, Florida, and operated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Founded in 1903, it is one of the oldest high schools in Miami-Dade County. The school building is famous for its architecture and is a historic landmark. Miami Senior High School has a rich alumni base, with many graduates of the high school going on to varied, prominent careers. The high school originally served the earliest settling families of Miami in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1960s, with an increase in Miami's population, its student body grew at a fast pace.