Hialeah Senior High School

Hialeah Senior High School
Location
251 E. 47th Street Hialeah , Florida United States 25°51′56″N 80°16′33″W / 25.86569°N 80.27581°W / 25.86569; -80.27581
Information
Type	Public
Motto	To Seek, To Find, To Share
Established	September 1954
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Ignacio Rodriguez
Staff	88.00 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,212 (2025–2026)
Student to teacher ratio	19.56
Colors	Scarlet   Royal Blue   White
Mascot	T-bred
Team name	Thoroughbreds
Newspaper	The Record
Yearbook	Hiways
School grade	B (as of 2025-2026)
School hours	7:20 AM to 2:20 PM
Website	hialeahhigh.org

Hialeah Senior High School is a public high school located at 251 E 47th Street in Hialeah, Florida, United States.

History

Hialeah Senior High School opened in September 1954.

In April 2012, Alberto M. Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, awarded Natalie Antunez the $250,000 Leonore Annenberg Scholarship Fund.

Academics

The state's accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.

Demographics

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Hialeah Senior High School is 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 1% White non-Hispanic. The school has a high proportion of foreign-born students, with 59.8% students born outside of the United States (54.1% Cuba, 4.0% Nicaragua, 2.0% Honduras).^[timeframe?]

Athletics

In 2013, Alin Edouard, the quarterback of the school's football team, decommitted from the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Extracurricular accomplishments

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Notable alumni

• Harry Wayne Casey, singer/songwriter/producer, founder of KC and the Sunshine Band
• Randy Coffield, NFL linebacker
• Nestor Cortes Jr., professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, pitched in the 2022 MLB All Star Game
• Paris Cotton, CFL running back
• Bucky Dent, professional baseball player for the New York Yankees, 1978 World Series MVP
• George Enright, professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
• David Freeman, Olympian, competed in the 1500 meters at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Gio González, baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
• Ted Hendricks, All American with Miami Hurricanes [Pro Football Hall of Fame]] linebacker for the Baltimore Colts, Green Bay Packers, and Oakland/LA Raiders, and four-time Super Bowl champion
• Charlie Hough, professional baseball player
• Randy Johnson, professional baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins
• Ross Jones, professional baseball player for the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals
• Shawn Jones (born 1992), basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
• Corey Lemonier, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
• Corey Liuget, NFL lineman for the San Diego Chargers, selected in the 1st round of the 2011 NFL draft
• Kiel Martin, played J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues
• Adewale Ojomo, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants
• George Ortuzar, actor/comedian/television host
• Henry Polic II, stage, screen, and voice actor
• Roell Preston, professional football player
• Jon Secada, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
• Alan Wiggins, professional baseball player
• Pedro Zamora, HIV/AIDS educator; The Real World: San Francisco television personality

References

External links

• Hialeah Senior High School
• Miami-Dade County public schools
• Hialeah High School's information
• Hialeah High baseball
• The Hialeah High Record paper online
• Golden Thoroughbreds^{[link removed]}
• Alumni class lists