Miami-dade Virtual High School Franchise, Miami FL

Original Research by School Decision on Miami-dade Virtual High School Franchise

Miami-Dade Virtual High School Franchise is a publicly operated, non-charter school within the Miami-Dade district that serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade entirely through a virtual format. Despite the word "High School" in its name, the enrollment spans all grade levels, and the student body is spread fairly evenly across elementary, middle, and high school grades. It is not a magnet school and carries no Title I designation in the available data, though the FRPL rate reported is unusually low for a Miami-Dade school, and a parent may want to ask the school directly how it captures or reports economic need, since virtual schools sometimes have different enrollment and data-collection patterns than traditional campuses.

The school is demographically reflective of Miami-Dade broadly: the large majority of students identify as Hispanic, with Black students making up a substantial minority and smaller shares of white and other students. Data on English learner status and students with IEPs was not available, which matters for families who want to understand how specialized services are delivered in a fully virtual setting.

State assessment results were reported for grades three through eight on Florida's FAST assessments in both math and ELA, as well as science at fifth and eighth grade. The picture across subjects is mixed and uneven. ELA proficiency rates in the middle grades, particularly sixth and seventh grade, land in a range that looks relatively solid for a virtual school serving a diverse urban population. Third grade ELA is the strongest single data point. Math results are weaker across the board, particularly in fourth, fifth, and eighth grades, where proficiency rates are low. Science proficiency in both tested grades is also low. No high school assessment results, such as Algebra I or Biology end-of-course exams, were included in the data provided, so the academic picture for ninth through twelfth grade cannot be characterized here. A graduation rate was not available. Parents of high school students will want to ask the school directly about course completion, credit recovery, dual enrollment access, and graduation outcomes.

Because this is a fully virtual school, the traditional questions about physical environment, commute, extracurricular life, and on-campus peer culture do not apply in the usual way. The trade-off a family is weighing is whether their child thrives in a self-directed, screen-based learning model versus the structure and social texture of a traditional campus. Virtual schooling in Miami-Dade has historically served students seeking schedule flexibility, those re-engaging after leaving brick-and-mortar settings, students with health or family circumstances that make traditional attendance difficult, and families who want a fully remote option within the public school system. The school's span from kindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof, so to speak, means siblings at very different developmental stages could be enrolled simultaneously, which some families find convenient.

On the housing side, Miami's zip code surrounding the school's listed address on NW 151st Street sits within a market where home values have edged slightly downward over the past year, though they remain well above both Florida and national medians. Rents are also slightly off their recent peaks but remain high relative to typical household income, making affordability a real constraint for many Miami families. The Miami-Dade district is publicly managing a notable enrollment decline, which has prompted a round of proposed school closures and consolidations across the county. Families considering any Miami-Dade school, including this virtual option, should be aware that boundary changes and grade-configuration shifts are actively under discussion. A voter-approved property tax increase tied to teacher compensation and school safety remains in effect and is set to expire unless renewed.

Program data was not provided for this school, so details about AP access, career and technical education, or dual enrollment pathways are not available here. Families should ask directly what coursework is available to high school students, how instruction is delivered and paced, and what support structures exist for students who fall behind, since those questions cut to the heart of whether a fully virtual model will serve a particular child well.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 69% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 68% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 62% · ▼ 48 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 47 pts below county median

Grade 627%

School 27% · District 64% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 54% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 60% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 60% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 59% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 60% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 63% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 62% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 60% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 56% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 46% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.