Coral Gables Senior High School

This HS is really two schools in one: the IB program and the regular school. I hear the regular school is terrible.The IB program is extremely rigorous but very strong. Kids graduate knowing three languages in some cases. The AP courses are very strong (but hard, of course). The kids in the IB program are very smart but a bit too competitive and hard-core. Expect hours of homework every night and every weekend.

Too low rate. Teachers and counselor are fine with “B” rate and doesn’t encourage students to get “A”

The school do not have gpod counselors, the teacher in IB are exelents

I am a student in the IB program and in the top percentile of my class. I chose to take many AP courses in addition to my IB classes. This school became a C school midway through my year. I believe this is accurate. I wish to highlight two occasions: The first was when I was taking a SAT/ACT prep class. Math lessons were completely stopped for a period and we were told to assist other regular students on an examination (the PERT?) that reflects the grade of the school. Needless to say, most of the students I tried helping were unmotivated and on their phones. On the bright side, the activity was considered extra credit and we could forego if we wanted to self-study.The second was when I was taking my IB Math class. Similarly, our math lessons were stopped but not to tutor other students; it was to help connect regular students' College board account to their SAT account ... I believe this happened for two classes. We split off into groups and headed into classes with a paper that had the instructions with visual indications to follow. There has been a massive budget cut that occurred during this year. The result was the cancellation of most afterschool tutoring (teachers get paid to stay afterschool) that were usually ran by students in the club, stricter deadlines in the IB program in an attempt to reduce numbers (I found this to be needed), the library no longer being open afterschool, stricter requirements to take the certifications exams for the Networking classes, and less funding for clubs. I believe there was a reduction in part-time workers, which included janitors. Yes, I have seen roaches in classrooms.