Hialeah High School
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.
School Year | Grade |
---|---|
1998-99 | C |
1999-00 | C |
2000-01 | D |
2001-02 | C |
2002-03 | D |
2003-04 | D |
2004-05 | C |
2005-06 | C |
2006-07 | F |
2007-08 | C |
2008-09 | D |
2009-10 | C |
2010-11 | C |
2011-12 | B |
2012-13 | B |
Demographics
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).
Athletics
In 2013, Alin Edouard, the quarterback of the school's football team, decommitted from the University of Miami Hurricanes.
Accolades
- Baseball: won the State Title in 1969, 2001, and 2002
Extracurricular accomplishments
Band
- 1964: the Marching Thoroughbred Band played in the Florida Pavilion at the New York World's Fair
- 1967-68: one of the featured bands at Super Bowl 2 (Raiders vs. Packers) halftime show
- 1968-69: featured band at University of Florida homecoming halftime show; escorted Queen's Float in Orange Bowl Parade; featured band at Super Bowl 3 (Colts vs Jets) halftime show; a top ten national marching band in the Disney Band Competition
- 2011: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions
- 2014: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions
- 2015: Florida Marching Band Competition 1A State Champions
Chorus
The TBS (T-Bred Singers) have placed first in The Miracle Mile Caroling Competition's show choir category for the past 30 years, since it began.
Notable alumni
- Larry Brodsky, USFL wide receiver
- 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 New York Yankees, 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, 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