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SAS Accomplishments 2011Program Accomplishments

  • SAS Ranked #28 Best High School in America and leads the eight M-DCPS schools making
  • SAS Ranked #27 Best High School in America and leads the M-DCPS schools making Washington's Post list of America's best high schools for 2011 (June 2011 Washington Post)
  • Honorable Mention: Top High School in U.S. (U.S. News and World Report)
  • Highest % of Students attaining a 3 or higher on the FCAT Science in Miami-Dade County
  • 100% Participation in SAT
  • Highest SAT Average in Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing in Miami Dade County
  • SAT average above district, state and national averages
  • 100% Graduation Rate
  • 100% Post-Secondary Transition
  • 94% Bright Future Scholarship Recipients
  • 97% Class of 2011 graduated With Honors
  • 12.5 million dollars of scholarship money awarded to 2011 graduates
  • National Merit Scholar Finalists
  • National Achievement Scholars
  • National Hispanic Scholars
  • Gates Millennium Scholars
  • Quest Bridge Scholars  
  • AP Scholars with Distinction, AP Scholars with Honor, AP Scholars – higher percent than any other high school in MDCPS

Class of 2011 Accomplishments

  • 94% qualified for Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
  • 243 graduating seniors were offered $12.5 million in scholarships
  • 5 POSSE Award Recipients
  • 2 QuestBridge Scholars
  • 1 Gates Millennium Scholar
  • 13 Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction
  • 15 Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor
  • 52 Advanced Placement Scholars
  • 3 National Merit Finalists
  • 3 National Achievement Finalists
  • 3 National Hispanic Finalists
  • 139 graduates earned the Superintendent's Diploma of Distinction
  • 94 earned an Associate of Arts degree from Miami Dade College
  • 97% graduated Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, or Cum Laude
  • Members of the Graduating Class of 2010 have received acceptance letters from 35 of the top 50 universities in the United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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