A total of four Miami-Dade public schools rank among the top 100 in the US, according to US News & World Report magazine's annual list.
Just at number 3 on the list is the School for Advanced Studies, at number 43 the Academy of Marine Science of Florida International University, at number 86 the Design & Architecture Senior High School (DASH) and finally, at number 87, the José Martí Mast 6-12 Academy.
Additionally, the best schools in the state were included on the list:
- #1 School for Advanced Studies (all five campuses belonging to this school)
- #5 MAST@SON
- #9 DASH
- #10 Jose Marti MAST 6-12 Academy
- #12 International Studies Preparatory Academy
- #13 iPreparatory Academy (iPrep)
- #14 Young Women's Preparatory Academy
- #17 Maritime & Science Technology (MAST) Academy
- #18 Terra Environmental Research Institute
It was recently known thatmore than 22,000 new immigrant students will begin the school year in public schools of Miami-Dade County, in an increase in enrollment unprecedented in two decades.
As Superintendent José Dotres explained, schools that had been below capacity for years are now seeing their classrooms full.
Currently, the county has a shortage of teachers and although they have hired more than 600, they have about 300 vacancies due to the increase in enrollment.
The superintendent indicated that children who arrive with little English proficiency are being offered accelerated courses to learn the language faster.
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