12 Miami-Dade Magnet Schools Ranked Among Top 100 By U.S. News & World Report

From the Miami-Dade County Public Schools:

September 30, 2020

Twelve Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Magnet schools have been ranked among the top 100 Magnet Schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, with eight schools in
Florida’s Top 20.

Magnet programs offer unique thematic strands of study that focus on students’ special interests, talents and abilities for all grade levels. Programs include Gaming Design and Animation, Business Innovation, Botany, Financial Technology, Medicine, Nursing and even Artificial Intelligence through Robotics.

The following are M-DCPS’ best magnet schools as they rank in the U.S., in Florida and in the Miami Metro area.

School U.S FL Miami Metro

Young Women’s Preparatory
Academy (6-12) #21 #3 #2

Design and Architecture
Senior High #25 #6 #3

José Martí MAST 6-12 Academy #32 #9 #6

iPrep Academy (PK-12) #34 #11 #7

MAST@FIU #43 #15 #11

International Studies
Preparatory Academy #44 #16 #12

TERRA Environmental Research
Institute #45 #17 #13

MAST Academy #50 #19 #15

New World School of the Arts #63 #22 #17

Coral Reef Senior High School #70 #26 #19

MAST Academy @ Homestead #74 #28 #20

Miami Arts Studio (6-12) @
Zelda Glazer #98 #34 #24

Beginning October 1st, M-DCPS will begin accepting Magnet program applications for the 2021-2022 school year. The Magnet application will be available in multiple languages at http://miamimagnets.org.

This press release was produced by the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.