Hialeah Gardens High School

Hialeah Gardens High School
Address
Map
11700 Hialeah Gardens Boulevard

Hialeah Gardens
,
Florida
33018

United States
Coordinates25°52′45″N 80°21′10″W / 25.87916°N 80.352892°W / 25.87916; -80.352892
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoWe are...Gladiators!
School districtMiami-Dade County Public Schools
PrincipalMaritza D. Jimenez
Teaching staff110.00 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,046 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio27.69[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)  Hunter green
  White
  Silver
  Black
MascotThe Gladiators
Websitehghsgladiators.com

Hialeah Gardens High School is a public high school in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, United States, which opened its doors in August 2009. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. The school principal is Maritza D. Jimenez.

As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,089 students and 115 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 26.9:1. There were 2,208 students (71.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 311 (10.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

Construction

Hialeah Gardens High School was built as an overcrowding reliever school for Barbara Goleman High School. Hialeah Gardens High School serves portions of extreme western Hialeah and the city of Hialeah Gardens; in turn, Barbara Goleman High School took territory from the boundary of American High School. Due to unforeseen construction delays, the student body was divided between the Barbara Goleman High School campus (sophomores) and the Hialeah Gardens Middle School campus (freshmen) for the 2008–2009 school year. The 2009–2010 school year was the first time the building was open and all students began attending the campus.

Founding classes

In the school's inaugural year, it housed the classes of 2011 and 2012. Hialeah Gardens' first graduating class was the Class of 2011, whose graduation took place at Florida International University on June 10, 2011.

School grades

School year Grade
2008–09 B
2009–10 C
2010–11 B
2011–12 B
2012–13 A
2013–14 B
2014-2015 C
2016-2017 B
2017-2018 B
2018-2019 B

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Academies

The school offers a variety of academies that allow career exploration, including engineering, automotive, biomedical and finance academies which are part of the National Academy Foundation program. Moreover, the school has a large AICE program.

School uniforms

As of the 2010–2011 school year, students are required to wear school uniforms.[3] The school uniform consists of white, black, grey, or green polo style shirts, and khaki docker-style pants.

Athletics

The school has a vast variety of athletics. Below some of the school's athletic accomplishments can be found.

  • The boys' wrestling team were two-time district runners-up for the 2009–2010 and 2013–2014 seasons.
  • The boys' basketball team won the Florida state championship for the 2011–2012 school year against Hagerty High School.
  • The boys' swimming team were district champs for the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 season.
  • The varsity baseball team won district championships in 2012 and 2016.[4]
  • Maria Lopez of the girls swimming team took fourth in the FHSAA state tournament and was crowned the MVP for the 2013 season.

Notable alumni

  • Gian Clavell (class of 2012), professional basketball player and Olympian[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d School data for Hialeah Gardens Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Search". October 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "UNIFORM POLICY". Dadeschools.net. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  4. ^ Walter Villa (January 29, 2013). "Hialeah Gardens players say taunts provided motivation". The Miami Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "Gian Clavell - Men's Basketball". Colorado State Athletics.