? concerning schools-might be moving to Miami (Davie, Coral Gables: home, private schools, college)

[lars3]

I currently live in Memphis Tn, where my son attends a private all boys prepretory school. If I decide to relocate to Miami what are my choices for schools in this area? Location of living arrangements would be decided after the school has been selected. Thank you for any advise that will help in making a decision.

Lars3

[bale002]

The subject has been discussed several times on this forum in the past six months or so.

Overall, the public school system in Miami is of low quality (personally I would consider it child abuse to send a child to a Miami public school, or most any public school). Some exceptions may be in the more expensive communities such as Pinecrest, Coral Gables, parts of Coconut Grove, the Roads section of Brickell, and may some communities up the coast.
Private schools in general should be better, but there are private schools that are poor as well, and I imagine the best ones are also in the more expensive areas, as mentioned above.

There are websites dedicated to rating schools throughout the US. You may do well to search the Miami and Florida forums for school topic discussions and web search engines for school ratings sites (I mention one in one of my posts of several months ago concerning schools).

I am not sure to what extent people on this forum have real, well-balanced, current inside information on private schools in Miami-Dade, but maybe somebody does.

Unless you have boatloads of money or in any case can afford to live in one of the better communities (enclaves?) of Dade County, and you and/or your son speak fluent Spanish, please reconsider your decision to leave Memphis and come to Miami.

Either way, good luck!

[Dro420]

It depends on where you live. There are a lot of Private schools in Dade County.

[Southfloridamiamian]

THIS MIGHT HELP!!!

Miami-Dade County Home To Four Top High SchoolS

MIAMI -- Coral Reef Senior High School celebrated Wednesday after being named one of the top high schools in the nation. And school officials said the news is spreading quickly thanks to Newsweek Magazine.

"This school is special because we take kids from all over," an administrator at the school said. "It's a lottery based and the only requirements to get in here are performance."

With that in mind, students who attend Coral Reef High know they have not only a rare opportunity, but also a duty, to live up to the expectations educators have for those who come here to learn.

"They set a standard for us and we meet it," Ashley Carbonell, a student at the school, said. "We work so hard and it's preparing us for the future."

Coral Reef High students said they know they are a cut above the rest, based not only on the Newsweek rankings, but also because of how many fellow students enroll in advanced placement classes and how many are college-bound.

"It's a great school to go to," student Jack Carter said. "It enhances your chances of going to college and pursuing your career. There are so many different programs here."

Coral Reef is one of four Miami-Dade County schools to make the Newsweek list, coming in at No. 20.

Mast Academy ranked 68, Miami Palmetto Senior High ranked 79, and Coral Gables Senior High was No. 128.

No Broward County schools made the top 100, but Nova High in Davie ranked 226.

"The curriculum is the most challenging, but it's gratifying," student Omar Quezada said. "You know if you meet the standards here, you are ready to go on to a higher level."



http://www.nbc6.net/news/13377015/detail.html


For the complete list http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/

[doggiebus]

We talked about this already on this forum http://www.city-data.com/forum/miami...tml#post699341