Miami Northwestern Senior High, 1100 NW 71st St.: grades 9-12, 1,479 students (NCES 2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Miami Northwestern 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.

Miami Northwestern Senior High is on NW 71st Street in Liberty City. It is the zoned high school for Miami’s northwest neighborhoods, about 8% of the city’s address points. It earned an A in 2026 after a C in 2025.

Who to call

  • Front office: 305-836-0991, 1100 NW 71st St., Miami, FL 33150
  • School website: northwesternbulls.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 1100 NW 71st St., Miami, FL 33150
Phone 305-836-0991
Grades 9 to 12
Mascot Bull
Type Neighborhood school
State school number 13-7411

Principal

Principal Kedler Pouca, according to the district’s school directory and the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 1,479 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 71 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 20.8 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 1,271 students against a capacity of 2,309; it does not give a date for that count.

Magnet programs

The school’s website lists two magnet programs: a Medical Magnet and a Performing and Visual Arts magnet, known as PAVAC, which holds auditions by strand.

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 A (66% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 B

From the 2026 grades file, where achievement is the share of tested students at grade level or above:

  • English language arts achievement: 50%
  • Math achievement: 50%
  • Science achievement: 80%
  • Social studies achievement: 75%
  • Four-year graduation rate (2024-25): 96%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 77%

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 79th Street and I-95, the line runs west to NW 27th Avenue, south to NW 49th Street, west to Seaboard Railroad, south to Airport Expressway (State Road 112), west to Miami Canal, southeast on Miami Canal to NW 27th Avenue, north to NW 20th Street, east to NW 24th Avenue, north to Airport Expressway (State Road 112), east to NW 21st Avenue, north to NW 46th Street, east to I-95, north to NW 79th Street, and back to the starting point. The directory dates the zone to the 1997-98 school year.

In Miami-Dade County’s high school attendance boundary map, 6,239 of the city’s 77,214 address points, about 8.1%, fall in its zone.

Schools the district’s directory places in the Miami Northwestern Senior High feeder pattern:

  • Middle schools: Brownsville Middle
  • Elementary and K-8 schools: Agenoria S. Paschal/Olinda Elementary, Dr. Charles R. Drew K-8 Center, Earlington Heights Elementary, Holmes Elementary, Liberty City Elementary, Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center, Melrose Elementary, Orchard Villa Elementary and Poinciana Park Elementary

Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run from 7:20 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 Bulls play football in Class 4A, Region 4, District 16 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications. The school says it competes in the Greater Miami Athletic Conference; its athletics page has schedules and contacts. For game nights, see our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Miami Northwestern Senior High serve?

Grades 9 through 12, at 1100 NW 71st St., Miami.

What is Miami Northwestern Senior High’s school grade?

It earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 66% of possible points, after a C in 2025.

What time does Miami Northwestern Senior High start?

Classes run from 7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the district’s school directory.