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American Senior High School
(305) 557-3770
18350 NW 67th Ave
Hialeah, FL 33015
Level: 9-12
District: Miami-Dade County Public Schools

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Census Info	Value	Year
Student Teacher Ratio:	19.77%	(2008)
White, non-Hispanic:	4.76%	(2008)
Black, non-Hispanic:	27.3%	(2008)
Hispanic:	65.27%	(2008)
Asian/Pacific Islander:	1.79%	(2008)
Multiracial:	0.78%	(2008)
Native American or Native Alaskan:	0.11%	(2008)
Percent Free and Reduced Price Lunch:	52.36%	(2008)

American Senior High School Ratings Summary

Average Quality Rating	4
Average Principals Rating	4
Average Teachers Rating	4
Average Activities Rating	4
Average Parents Rating	3
Average Safety Rating	3

American Senior High School Reviews


Posted By: parent Quality Score: decline 2009-06-17 “Last year, our valedictorian was accepted to MIT. This year we have a few seniors are attending Ivy league Schools. Im my opinion, it's an overall good school.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 5 2009-06-16 “As an alumni I can personally say American was the best choice my parents made. I was involved since freashman year with countless other kids in clubs, sports, and associations. Like every public school it has deadbeats but for the most part the kids are all very intelligent. We have a really high number of grads reviving scholarships for sports and grades. I know classmates that got accepted into UF UM NYU FSU FIU MSU UCF UH MDHC Vtech and OSU just to name a few of the best. Don't underestimate the students because of their ethnicity social class economic status or the schools history.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 1 2009-06-15 “this school is the worst school that you can ever imagine,i cant believe that it got a 5, a 3 maybe but a 5,whoever rated this was being to lenient” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2009-02-24 “Has many and great extracurricular activities.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 5 2009-01-10 “Many people believe that the school is bad. My freshman year there has been the best. They have a lot of really good students and outstanding academic programs. The school has tons of extracurricular activities and tries really hard to be involved with student's lives.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2008-10-09 “I thought this school would be bad, but it has been great! My son did not do so well in lawton chiles, and i thought that would continue in american, but i was wrong! The school has improved, there is no more violence, the teachers care for students and newsweek named it one of the nations best schools! To all the parents who think this school is bad, take it from me, i thought it was bad too, but it's great, and it will continue to do good in the future!” Posted By: student Quality Score: decline 2008-06-04 “As a former student of American Senior High, I must say... WOW! This public school is so very unorganized & way to crowded. All I keep coming across in these reviews is how wonderful AP courses are & hoe great the honors program is. What abou about the students who aren't in honors? Should they be exposed to the lower part of what is considered to be a 'no child left behind' program? Quite frankly, I believe we not to stop all of the rediculous budget cutting surfacing. Otherwise, American will never reach brilliance & most of our students (potential leaders & what not) will never fully reach for the stars so to speak. Our public school system needs more money! What's more important: being able to supply maximum amounts of money for our criminals in jail or providing money right now so students have better fates then that of jail.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 5 2008-01-18 “My child has some of the most challenging AP classes he has ever taken. Teachers do a great job challenging their student's minds. My daughter seems to love this school. I recommend this school to you and your child if you are ready for the experience of a lifetime.” Posted By: student Quality Score: decline 2008-01-17 “As a student fitting in seems to be a religion for many. At american high fitting in isnt hard getting along is easy and teachers are supportive and caring.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: decline 2008-01-02 “As Alumni in American Senior High School, I would hands down recommen dthis school. The diversity of students, the enthusiasm of many teachers including counselors, and the motivation to compete academically was always present.I've attended private & public school & can honestly say this was the best positive experience.The area is not bad.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2007-09-21 “The faculty is very helpful. They really do care about you and your child. Also, the teachers are some of the best.” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 4 2007-07-17 “The School has a bad reputation because of the Area that it is Located. In Actuality The School is Better than All the Schools in the Area. This Year it was rated Top 5% of Schools in the nation by Newsweek Magazine. The Environment, The Clubs, The activities, The Teachers & Staff are all excellent. Forget what everybody else says about the school, Experience it firsthand and you'll come to notice its not at all what people say it is.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 1 2006-09-19 “Worst school I ever attended” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2006-06-28 “This school has the potential to be very good. There is great need for organization of extracurricular activities and involving students. The leadership for most clubs is very poor and a lack of commitment. Timeliness of handing out progress reperts andreport cards is poor. Trying to communicate with teachers and counselors is near to impossible. Should invest in e-mail for all teachers and make communication more parent and student friendly.” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 4 2006-04-15 “As an alumni of american senior high, I believe that the school strives to keep all students involved in the extra curricular activities of the school. The school gives students the opportunity to succeed while offering them a caring and safe enviroment to explore the opportunities of bettering themselves as individuals. The teachers at the school try to keep the parents aware of the different opportunities there child will have as a student. I am now finishing up my masters and I know that if it weren't for the individuals that helped me along the way while at American I would not be as successful as I am today.” Posted By: staff Quality Score: 1 2006-03-15 “Quality of academic programs is not so good. Availability of music, art, sports and other extracurricular activities is to little. Level of parent involvement is too low.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 5 2005-11-03 “I believe this school is a great school...I am not a parent, or a teacher, but I am a student who's been to this school. Now I go to Miami Lakes tech, and let me tell you Im going back to American, because American beats Miami Lakes Tech by a long shot..Trust me!” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 3 2005-07-07 “AP and Honors classes in American High School are outstanding.” Posted By: student Quality Score: decline 2005-06-30 “The academic programs are okay. The extracurricular activites needs more organization and the level of parent involvement is very poor.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 4 2005-04-21 “This school is great!! Go Chris Acosta!!!” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 5 2005-03-15 “I LOVE AMERICAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. This school has great teachers, a great mix of races and alot of extra curricular activies. I recommend this school 100%.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 2 2005-02-19 “I believe that the school should have more programs for students in order for them to stay out of trouble. I also think that the school should add more academies because most of their future students are going to Miami Lakes Tech instead.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2004-11-03 “American high school is a great school and has a great learning atmosphere it has a history of exceling in academics and sports.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2004-06-18 “This school should have only intelgent children . because those whild children are given this school a bad rating (d's ) I was going to let my children go there but because of the rating NO NO AND NO!! BECAUSE OF THE RATING .” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2004-04-08 “There are many extracurricular activities, but not enough focus on curriculum. More attention should be paid to helping students become motivated in their educational life and less in sports. This is why the school has scored so poorly in the FCAT & as an educational institution overall.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: decline 2004-03-23 “The biggest problem with our school system is communication. The work load is heavey for everyone but we need to think about our future and how our we going to help shape it. Now my son has come home with two progress report that were borderline. As a parnet I look at myself first to see what I can do to improve his grades the first time around. The second time I requested a parnet teacher conference and the respons was the teachers will call you. It took about a week for 3 to 4 teachers to speack with me and they didn't have alot time (lunch break). My solution to this problem is to get in a medeator one who handles the red flags of grades and attendence because the Kids get home before the parnets. We want to wipe out the stero type that were just to busy.” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 2 2004-03-11 “No way is the average class size less then 30 students. Unless you include special education classes which are about 10 students per teacher and required by law. Classes have at least 40 students and many of them have much more then that. Halls are way to croweded and because of the massive number of students lunch is also an issue.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2003-11-15 “There is too much vilence in this school teachers don't seem to care.” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 5 2003-08-19 “Great Programs and A.P courses.” Posted By: Quality Score: 2 2003-05-28 “Administration needs to get their act together and worry less about 'code of conduct' and more about curriculum.”