Coral Gables Senior High, Coral Gables: zone, grade and calendar

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Coral Gables Senior High website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the federal NCES school directory, Miami-Dade County’s high school attendance boundaries and the FHSAA.

Coral Gables Senior High is the Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school for most of the city. In the county’s attendance boundary map, about 92% of Coral Gables address points are in its zone; the rest, in the far south, are zoned for Miami Palmetto Senior High. The school says it opened in 1950.

Who to call

• Front office: 305-443-4871, 450 Bird Road, Coral Gables, FL 33146
• School website: coralgablescavaliers.org
• Enrolling: the school’s registration page; magnet and choice questions go to the district’s School Choice and Parental Options office, 305-995-1922
• School buses: the school’s transportation page and the district’s transportation department
• District main line: 305-995-1000

Principal

Principal Anthony Balboa, according to the school’s faculty and staff page, which lists four assistant principals and an assistant principal of curriculum.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 2,894 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 118 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 24.5 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 2,863 students against a capacity of 2,906; it does not give a date for that count.

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. A high school’s grade adds the graduation rate and college and career acceleration to test results.

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

• English language arts achievement: 60%
• Math achievement: 43%
• Science achievement: 67%
• Social studies achievement: 79%
• Four-year graduation rate (2024-25): 97%
• College and career acceleration (2024-25): 88%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site.

Attendance zone

The district’s directory describes the zone street by street. Roughly, it runs from Biscayne Bay at SW 26th Road in the east to SW 57th Avenue (Red Road) and SW 59th Avenue in the west, and from the Tamiami Canal and State Road 836 in the north to SW 96th Street in the south. It also takes in Key Biscayne and Virginia Key. The directory dates the zone to the 1992-93 school year. Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

The district’s directory places these schools in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern:

• Middle schools: G.W. Carver Middle, Kinloch Park Middle and Ponce de Leon Middle
• Elementary and K-8 schools: Auburndale, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, Fairlawn, Henry M. Flagler, George W. Carver Elementary, Key Biscayne K-8 Center, Kinloch Park Elementary, Silver Bluff, Sunset, Frances S. Tucker K-8 Center and Henry S. West Laboratory School
• Other high schools: International Studies Preparatory Academy and MAST Academy

Magnet programs and academies

The school’s magnet page lists two magnet programs, International Baccalaureate and the National Academy Foundation Academy of Finance. Students inside the zone are assigned to the school without applying, but every student applies for those two programs. Applications run Oct. 1 to Jan. 15, and eligible applicants are chosen by random selection, the school says. The principal’s message in the district’s directory also names academies in business and information technology, communication arts and digital media, health science and law, visual and performing arts, and design, education and hospitality, plus Advanced Placement and dual enrollment courses.

Calendar and bell times

The school day runs from 7:15 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. in four blocks, according to the school’s bell schedule. Next breaks on the district’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

• 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 Cavaliers play football in Class 6A, Region 4, District 16 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications, alongside Columbus, Homestead, Miami Palmetto, South Dade and Southwest Miami. The school’s athletics pages list:

• Fall: football, boys and girls bowling, girls volleyball, cross country, golf and swimming
• Winter: wrestling, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball
• Spring: baseball, softball, track and field, tennis, water polo, badminton, boys volleyball, girls flag football and girls beach volleyball

For game nights, see our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

More on Coral Gables schools

• The district’s page for Coral Gables Senior High
• Every public school in Coral Gables
• Our Coral Gables schools guide for the full calendar, enrollment and magnet deadlines

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Coral Gables Senior High serve?

Grades 9 through 12. The Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school is at 450 Bird Road in Coral Gables.

What is Coral Gables Senior High’s school grade?

It earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades for the 2025-26 school year, with 62% of possible points, after an A in 2025 and in 2024.

Which schools feed into Coral Gables Senior High?

The district’s school directory places Ponce de Leon, G.W. Carver and Kinloch Park middle schools, and elementary and K-8 schools including Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, George W. Carver Elementary and Henry S. West Laboratory School, in the Coral Gables Senior High feeder pattern.

What time does Coral Gables Senior High start?

Classes run from 7:15 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., according to the school’s bell schedule and the district’s directory.