Miami Jackson Senior High School
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1898 |
| School district | Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
| Principal | Deborah Love |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,499 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold[citation needed] |
| Mascot | Generals |
| School hours | 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Website | dadeschools.net |
Miami Jackson High School, also known as Andrew Jackson High School or Jackson High School, is a high school located at 1751 NW 36th St in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Its athletic team name is the Generals.
History
Jackson High School started life 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.
It would soon be 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 is the current Jackson High School, the third oldest high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida. 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 comprised of 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.
On January 14, 2007, Miami Jackson opened its doors to a brand new building.