Booker T. Washington Senior High, 1200 NW Sixth Ave.: grades 9-12, 944 students (NCES 2024-25), an incomplete 2026 state grade.
Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Booker T. Washington Senior High website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory, Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary maps and address points and the FHSAA.
Booker T. Washington Senior High is the Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school on NW Sixth Avenue in Overtown. It is a neighborhood school with one of the largest zones in the city: about one in six Miami address points, from Overtown and Wynwood through downtown to Brickell’s bayfront, is zoned for it. The state marked its 2026 grade incomplete after an A in 2025.
Who to call
- Front office: 305-324-8900, 1200 NW Sixth Ave., Miami, FL 33136
- School website: btwtornadoes.org
- Enrolling: register in person at the school assigned to your address; the district’s registration guide (PDF) lists what to bring
- Magnet and choice questions: the district’s School Choice and Parental Options office, 305-995-1922
- School buses: the district’s transportation department
- District main line: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 305-995-1000
| Address | 1200 NW Sixth Ave., Miami, FL 33136 |
| Phone | 305-324-8900 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Mascot | Tornadoes |
| Type | Neighborhood school |
| State school number | 13-7791 |
Principal
Principal Anthony E. Simons III, according to the district’s school directory and the school’s website.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 944 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 54 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 17.5 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 749 students against a capacity of 1,924; it does not give a date for that count.
Programs
The school’s website links the district’s magnet application and lists a College Advising Program and the district’s apprenticeship program among its offerings.
State report card
Florida grades every public school A to F. The state says school grades “provide an easily understandable way to measure the performance of a school,” in its 2026 school grades overview.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Incomplete |
| 2024-25 | A |
| 2023-24 | B |
The state’s file marks the 2026 grade incomplete (“I”) and publishes no component scores for the year.
The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.
Attendance zone
The district’s directory describes the zone this way. From NW 46th Street and I-95, the line runs south on I-95 to NW 28th Street, west to NW 14th Avenue, south to NW 20th Street, west to NW 17th Avenue, south to NW 11th Street, east to 15th Avenue, south to West Flagler Street, west to SW 17th Avenue, south to SW Eighth Street, east to SW Eighth Avenue, south to SW 11th Street, east to SE 15th Road, southeast on SE 15th Road to Biscayne Bay, north along the shoreline (including Claughton/Burlington Island) to NE 54th Street, west to North Miami Avenue, south to NW 46th Street, west to I-95, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 2015-2016 school year.
In Miami-Dade County’s high school attendance boundary map, 13,611 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 17.6%, fall in its zone.
Schools the district’s directory places in the Booker T. Washington Senior High feeder pattern:
- Middle schools: Jose de Diego Middle
- Elementary and K-8 schools: Eneida M. Hartner Elementary, Frederick Douglass Elementary, Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center, Riverside Elementary and Southside Preparatory Academy
Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.
Calendar and bell times
Classes run from 7:15 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the district’s directory.
Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Friday, Oct. 16: end of the first grading period
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher planning day, no students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
- Nov. 26-27: Thanksgiving holiday and recess day
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter recess
Sports and activities
The Tornadoes play football in Class 2A, Region 3, District 8 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications, where the school is listed as Washington (Miami). The school’s athletics list has pages for boys and girls basketball, flag football, boys and girls soccer, track and field, varsity football and volleyball. For game nights, see our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.
More on Miami schools
- The district’s page for Booker T. Washington Senior High
- Every public school in Miami
- Our Miami schools guide for the district calendar, registration and grades
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Booker T. Washington Senior High serve?
Grades 9 through 12, at 1200 NW Sixth Ave., Miami.
What is Booker T. Washington Senior High’s school grade?
Florida marked its 2026 school grade incomplete (“I”) in the state’s 2025-26 grades file. It earned an A in 2025 and a B in 2024.
What time does Booker T. Washington Senior High start?
Classes run from 7:15 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.
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