Westland Hialeah Senior High School

Westland Hialeah Senior High
Address
4000 W 18th Ave Hialeah , Florida 33012 United States
Coordinates	25.85794°N 80.31892°W / 25.85794; -80.31892
Information
School type	Public, high school
Established	August 2007; opened January 7, 2008
School district	Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Principal	Giovana Blanco
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,601
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, Black, and Grey
Mascot	Wildcat
Website	westlandwildcats.org

Westland Hialeah High School is located at 4000 West 18th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida, USA, a suburb of Miami.

The school is a part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Its principal is Giovana Blanco.

The school, fourth to serve the Miami suburb of Hialeah, was built as a reliever for the three overcrowded high schools serving the area. It opened in January 2008, taking the entire southwestern portion of the city in boundaries which are mostly served by Miami Springs and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High Schools. The school has ninth through twelfth grade. Its first graduating class was the class of 2010, and its founding class was the class of 2011, which graduated in June 2011.

School uniforms

The school requires its students to wear uniforms, consisting of a grey, red or black polo shirt and black or khaki pants. No sandals or other open-toed shoes are allowed. Students are not allowed to wear jeans of any type.

Demographics

Westland Hialeah High School is 95% Hispanic (mostly Cuban and of Cuban descent).

See also

• Education in the United States

External links

• Miami-Dade County public schools
• Westland Hialeah High School website
• Miami-Dade Schools information on Westland Hialeah High School
• Boundary redefinition article for the city of Hialeah upon opening of Westland Hialeah High School