Miami Edison High School is a secondary school located at 6161 NW 5 Ct. in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system. Its provost is Leon Maycock.
Miami Edison is an inner-city school. As of 2011, it is known for historically having the largest Haitian-American student population of any Miami-Dade public school.
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History
After the 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred, the MDCPS expected a large influx of students to Miami Edison. Ultimately, only six earthquake survivors enrolled there, with other students enrolling at other high schools.
Demographics
As of 2008, the school had 1,150 students. 240 of them were taking English as a second language classes, with the majority of them having Haitian Creole as their primary language.
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.
The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:
1998-99: F
1999-00: D
2000-01: D
2001-02: F
2002-03: F
2003-04: F
2004-05: F
2005-06: F
2006-07: D
2007-08: F
2008-09: F
2009-10: C
2010-11: C
2011-12: B
2012-13: B
2013-14: C
2014-15: C
2015-16: C
2016-17: C
2017-18: C
2018-19: B
News
In 2001, Leadership Miami and the Inner City Youth Center Miami Youth Center enlisted noted area abstract artist Antonia Gerstacker to organize area youth to help paint an inspirational mural facing the school's sports grounds.
In response to an arrest made on 29 February 2008, a riot broke out the following day (Friday). Miami-Dade Police, Miami-Dade County School Police, and Florida Highway Patrol officials reported to the scene.
Notable alumni
Pete Athas - former NFL player
Warren Bryant - former NFL player
William Laws Calley Jr - former U.S. Army officer, convicted for My Lai Massacre
Randy Christmas - mayor of Miami (1955–1957)
Michael Clayton II, class of 2026 – college football quarterback for the Illinois Fighting Illini
Midre Cummings, class of 1990 - Major League Baseball player with numerous teams, primarily Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins
Al Darby - former NFL player
Marie Ferdinand-Harris - WNBA player
Keith Ferguson - former NFL player for the San Diego Chargers and Detroit Lions
Sylvia Fowles, class of 2004 - WNBA basketball player (2015 WNBA Finals MVP) and Olympic gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (transferred to Gulliver Preparatory)
Patricia Harty - actress (Occasional Wife), (Blondie)
Jasper Howard - football player for the University of Connecticut Huskies
William Joseph - former NFL first-round pick and current defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders
Markenzy Lapointe - U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida
Larry Libertore - college football player, businessman, and Florida state legislator