Miami Jackson High School

Miami Jackson Senior High School, also known as Andrew Jackson High School or Jackson High School, is a high school located at 1751 NW 36th Street in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Its athletic team name is the Generals.

History

Jackson High School began as a grade school. The original building was a log cabin built in 1898 on land donated by L.J. Becker. In its first year there were only 14 students enrolled.

It was replaced by a four-room grade school which was more than doubled later with the addition of a five-room annex. Due to the growth of Miami's northwestern section, more rooms had to be added, and in 1926, a three-story high school building was added. This building remained the Jackson High School main campus until 2008, when a new campus, built upon the schools athletic fields, was opened and the historical building demolished with the land it was on making up the new athletic fields. Jackson's renovation was a part of a program to completely rebuild all high schools in Miami-Dade county and was the second school to be rebuilt after Miami Beach High School. The former building was the third oldest high school building in Miami-Dade County, Florida after Beach High and the historical campus at Miami High School. The tenth grade was added in 1936, and by 1939 the eleventh and twelfth grades were added. By then the elementary grades had been dropped. Jackson's first graduating class had 79 students.

After World War II, the sixth through eighth grades were dropped, making Jackson High School a senior high school, as it remains today.

Demographics

Miami Jackson High is 67% Hispanic, 32% Black and 1% White non-Hispanic.^[1]

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: D
• 1999-00: D
• 2000-01: D
• 2001-02: F (259 points)
• 2002-03: F (259 points)
• 2003-04: F (270 points)
• 2004-05: D (289 points)
• 2005-06: F (272 points)
• 2006-07: D (397 points)
• 2007-08: C (407 points)
• 2008-09: F (390 points)
• 2009-10: D (825 points)
• 2010-2011: A (1,056 points)
• 2011-2012: A
• 2012-2013: B
• 2013-2014: B (1041 points)

Notable alumni

Actors and entertainers

• Edward Muscare, Class of 1951; television and YouTube personality
• Gordon Parks - Class of 1970; Bahamian-born actor; performed in more than 52 feature movies, TV series, and commercials
• Angela Pitts - Class of 2002; contestant on Flavor of Love 3; best known as Myamee; winner of I Love Money 2
• Andrew Prine - Class of 1954; veteran film, stage and television actor, with over 150 movies and TV episodes to his credit

Mike Benitez, Class of 1982; has appeared in numerous movies and television series^[2]

• Bob Vila

Government

• Miguel de la O - Class of 1982; Miami Dade Circuit Court Judge; installed into office in 2013; ran unopposed in 2012
• Luis Garcia - Class of 1983; assistant general counsel to the Miami Dade School Board
• Joseph Ingraham - Class of 1972: community activist
• David Marko - Class of 1983; prominent attorney in Miami; selected in 2014 to serve on the advisory board for the United States Trade Representative

Military

• Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez - Class of 1943; Korean War ace, 14 kills^[3]

Sports

Basketball

• Mychal Thompson - Class of 1974; 33-0 State Championship team

Baseball

• Warren Cromartie - Class of 1971; played in Major League Baseball with the Montreal Expos (1974–1983) and the Kansas City Royals (1991); also spent many years playing in Japan
• John Harris - Class of 1973; played in Major League Baseball with the California Angels (1979-1981)
• Lenny Harris, played in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds (1988–1989, 1994–1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (1989–1993), New York Mets (1998, 2000–2001), Colorado Rockies (1999), Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2000), Milwaukee Brewers (2002), Chicago Cubs (2003) and Florida Marlins (2003–2005)
• Fred Norman - Class of 1961; played 16 years in Major League Baseball (1962–80) with various teams, including the Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds
• Rafael Palmeiro - Class of 1982; played in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs (1986–1988), Texas Rangers (1989–1993, 1999–2003) and Baltimore Orioles (1994–1998, 2004–2005); played collegiately at Mississippi State University
• Bobby Ramos - Class of 1974; played in Major League Baseball with the Montreal Expos (1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1984) and New York Yankees (1982)
• Mandy Romero - Class of 1984; Major League Baseball from 1997 - 2003; drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 19th round of the 1988 MLB amateur draft; also played for the San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies

Boxing

• Carl Starling - Class of 1962; professional middleweight boxing prospect; was undefeated in his first ten bouts and was featured in Ring Magazine; fought WBA World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Ellis in a 1968 exhibition

Football

• Lee Corso - Class of 1953; played collegiately at Florida State University; served as the head coach of the University of Indiana and University of Louisville; now a broadcaster with ESPN
• Elvis Dumervil - Class of 2002; #92 for the Denver Broncos
• John Edward Harris (1956- )- former football safety; played 11 seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League; intercepted 50 passes in his career; second most interceptions in team history
• Kenny Johnson, running back, played in the NFL with the New York Giants (1979); played collegiately at the University of Miami
• David Little - linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Stefan Logan - #11 for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Fred Robinson, defensive lineman/linebacker, played in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers (1984–1986) and the Miami Dolphins (1986); played collegiately at the University of Miami

See also

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• High school
• Education in the United States

References

External links

• Official site

Coordinates: 25°48′37″N 80°13′36″W / 25.8104°N 80.2268°W / 25.8104; -80.2268