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Miami Junior/Senior High School
Home of the Vandals
Address
4739 E. Ragus Road Miami, Arizona 85539 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1916 (1916)
School district	Miami Unified School District
CEEB code	030225
Principal	Shawn Pietila
Teaching staff	18.84 (FTE)[1]
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	440 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	23.35[1]
Color(s)	Kelly green and white
Mascot	Vandal
Website	www.miamiusd40.org/..

Miami High School (also known as Miami Junior/Senior High School) is located in the town of Miami, Arizona. It is the only high school in the Miami Unified School District, which also includes two elementary schools. It serves the communities of Miami, Claypool, and Central Heights-Midland City.

History

The high school opened in 1916 in this small mining town. From 1925 to 1934, it housed grades 7 through 12, and it housed just grades 10 through 12 through 1937. Up until 1999 Miami High School housed the district preschool and grades 9–12. In 1999, in order to cut costs, the separate middle school, Lee Kornegay Middle School, was folded back into the high school for the first time in 75 years, returning the school to its current 7-12 grade range.

Enrollment before the Baby Boom averaged 400 students. In 1967, it reached its all-time enrollment high, 801 students, and it did not go below 700 for another decade. Enrollment has mostly declined since.^[2]

Sports

Miami's mascot is the Vandals. The major rivalry this school has is with nearby Globe High School; the schools' football teams play for the "Copper Kettle" trophy.

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