Miami Palmetto Senior High, 7431 SW 120th St., Pinecrest, serves far south Coral Gables: grades 9-12, 2,618 students (NCES 2024-25), an A in 2026.

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school directory, the Miami Palmetto 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.

Miami Palmetto Senior High is a Miami-Dade County Public Schools high school in Pinecrest, about seven miles southwest of downtown Coral Gables. The district lists its address in Pinecrest; the federal directory gives a Miami mailing address. Its zone reaches into the far south of Coral Gables: in the county’s attendance boundary map, about 8% of the city’s address points, south of the Snapper Creek Canal and SW 96th Street, are zoned for Palmetto. The rest of the city is zoned for Coral Gables Senior High.

Who to call
Address 7431 SW 120th St., Pinecrest, FL 33156
Phone 305-235-1360
Grades 9 to 12
Mascot Panthers
District Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Victoria Dobbs, according to the school’s principal’s message page.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 2,618 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 103 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, a ratio of 25.4 students per teacher. The district’s online directory currently lists 2,653 students against a capacity of 2,713; 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.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (66% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

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

  • English language arts achievement: 72%
  • Math achievement: 58%
  • Science achievement: 71%
  • Social studies achievement: 84%
  • Four-year graduation rate (2024-25): 97%
  • College and career acceleration (2024-25): 65%

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

Attendance zone

The district’s directory describes a zone that starts at Biscayne Bay and SW 96th Street, runs west to SW 52nd Avenue and north to the Snapper Creek Canal, and then reaches south and west through Pinecrest and Palmetto Bay as far as SW 186th Street. That northern edge is the Coral Gables piece. The directory dates the zone to the 1981-82 school year. Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup.

The district’s directory places these schools in the Miami Palmetto feeder pattern:

  • Middle schools: Palmetto Middle and Southwood Middle
  • Elementary and K-8 schools: Coral Reef, Howard Drive, Frank C. Martin K-8 Center, Palmetto, Dr. Henry E. Perrine Academy of the Arts, Pinecrest and Vineland K-8 Center

Our neighborhoods guide shows which parts of Coral Gables fall in each zone.

Magnet programs

The school’s magnet page lists AP Capstone, the Forensic Investigative Academy and iPrep. It has scheduled tours for prospective students at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Dec. 3. The district’s magnet applications run Oct. 1 to Jan. 15.

Calendar and bell times

Classes run from 7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. in three 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 Panthers play football in Class 6A, Region 4, District 16 for 2026-27, according to the FHSAA’s classifications, in the same district as Coral Gables Senior High, Columbus, Homestead, South Dade and Southwest Miami. The school’s athletics pages list:

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

Athletes need a cumulative 2.0 unweighted GPA in academics and conduct and a completed district physical packet before trying out, the athletics page says. For game nights, see our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

Which part of Coral Gables is zoned for Miami Palmetto Senior High?

The far south of the city. In Miami-Dade County’s attendance boundary map, about 8% of Coral Gables address points, south of the Snapper Creek Canal and SW 96th Street, are in the Miami Palmetto zone; the rest of the city is zoned for Coral Gables Senior High.

What grades does Miami Palmetto Senior High serve?

Grades 9 through 12, at 7431 SW 120th St. in Pinecrest.

What is Miami Palmetto 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, and an A in each of the two years before.

What time does Miami Palmetto Senior High start?

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