Miami Coral Park Senior High School is a secondary school located in the Westchester census-designated place of Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States."2010 Block Census Map Westchester, Florida" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 30, 2014.Home page. Miami Coral Park High School. Retrieved on January 3, 2015. "8865 SW 16th St | Miami, FL 33165" It is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
History The school was opened in 1963. It was the first school with air conditioning in South Florida.
Coral Park’s athletic rival is Southwest Miami Senior High School.
Demographics Miami Coral Park High School is 93% Hispanic, 2% Black non-Hispanic, 4% White non-Hispanic and 1% unknown, as of 2011.Miami Coral Park Senior High School Profile | Miami, Florida (FL)
Notable alumni
Jessica Aguirre (born Jessica Collazo), TV news anchor Rafael Anchia, member of Texas House of Representatives District 103 Steven Bauer (AKA Rocky Echevarria), actor Gio Benitez, American broadcast journalist Mindy Kirsch Brown, Broward County Circuit Court Judge José Canseco, former professional baseball player Ozzie Canseco, former MLB player Alex Castellanos, MLB player Janet Dacal, Broadway actress and singer, known for her role as Carla in In the Heights Orestes Destrade, former professional baseball player Lili Estefan, TV talk show host Alex Ferrer, Circuit Court Judge, TV personality Steve Foucault, former MLB pitcher Joe Geller, Former Florida State Representative and current Miami-Dade School Board member Steven Geller, Former Florida Senate Minority Leader and Broward County Mayor, current Broward County Commissioner Pedro Gomez, TV sports reporter Pete Gonzalez, NFL quarterback Mel Gorham (born Marilyn Schnier), actress Luis Martinez, MLB player Alex Marvez, former president, Pro Football Writers of America Luis Montanez, class of 2000; MLB player Elsa Murano (born Elsa Casales), 23rd president of Texas A&M University and former undersecretary for food safety at US Dept. of Agriculture Zach Neto, Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels organization Danny Pino, actor Pitbull (born Armando Christian Perez), rap musician Danny Ramirez, actor Steven Reinemund, former chairman of the board and CEO of PepsiCo Sean Rodriguez, Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies organization Tessie Santiago, actress Barry Smith, former NFL wide receiver Eric Soderholm, former MLB infielder Nelson Vargas, former MLS and USMNT forward
See also
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Education in the United States
References
Further reading
External links Miami Coral Park High School Miami Coral Park High School (archive)