Miami Jackson Senior High School, also known as Andrew Jackson High School or Jackson High School, is a

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located at 1751 NW 36th Street in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States. Its athletic team name is the Generals.

History

Jackson High School began 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 was 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. In 1926, a three-story high school building was added. This building remained the Jackson High School main campus until 2008, when a new campus was built on the school's athletic fields; the original building was demolished and its area used for the new athletic fields. Jackson's renovation was a part of a program to rebuild all high schools in Miami-Dade County, and was the second school to be rebuilt after

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. The former building was the third-oldest high school building in

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after Beach High and the historical campus at Miami High School. 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 had 79 students.

Demographics

Miami Jackson High is 67% Hispanic, 32% Black and 1% White non-Hispanic.

Academics

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and

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FCATs. The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are: * 1998-99: D * 1999-00: D * 2000-01: D * 2001-02: F (259 points) * 2002-03: F (259 points) * 2003-04: F (270 points) * 2004-05: D (289 points) * 2005-06: F (272 points) * 2006-07: D (397 points) * 2007-08: C (407 points) * 2008-09: F (390 points) * 2009-10: D (825 points) * 2010-2011: A (1,056 points) * 2011-2012: A * 2012-2013: B * 2013-2014: B (1041 points) * 2014-2015: C * 2015-2016: C * 2016-2017: C

Notable alumni

Actors and entertainers

* Edward Muscare - Class of 1951; television and YouTube personality * Angela Pitts - Class of 2002; contestant on '' Flavor of Love 3''; best known as Myamee; winner of ''

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'' *

Andrew Prine Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Early life and career Prine was born in Jennings, Florida. After graduation from Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Prine attend ...

- Class of 1954; veteran film, stage and television actor, with over 150 movies and TV episodes to his credit *

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- Class of 1962; host of television's ''

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'' * Constance Weldon - Class of 1950; America's first female professional tubist

Artists

* Firelei Báez

Military

* Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez - Class of 1943; Korean War ace, 14 kills

Sports

Basketball

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- Class of 1974; 33-0 State Championship team (stripped of title by the FHSAA for using four ineligible players); two-time NBA champion with

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; sports broadcaster

Baseball

* Warren Cromartie - Class of 1971; played in

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with

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(1974–1983) and

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(1991); also spent many years playing in Japan * John Harris - Class of 1973; played in Major League Baseball with

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(1979-1981) *

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- played in Major League Baseball with

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(1988–1989, 1994–1998),

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(1989–1993),

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(1998, 2000–2001),

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(1999),

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(1999–2000),

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(2002),

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(2003) and

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(2003–2005) *

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- Class of 1961; played 16 years in Major League Baseball (1962–80) with various teams, including

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, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds *

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- Class of 1982; played in Major League Baseball with Chicago Cubs (1986–1988), Texas Rangers (1989–1993, 1999–2003) and

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(1994–1998, 2004–2005); played collegiately at

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- Class of 1974; played in Major League Baseball with

(1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1984) and

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(1982) *

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- Class of 1984; played in Major League Baseball from 1997 - 2003; drafted by

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in 19th round of 1988 MLB amateur draft; also played for

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and Colorado Rockies

Chess

Ito Paniagua, Rodelay Medina, Gil Luna, Sedrick Roundtree and Marcel Martinez, whose 1998 National Championship was made into the 2020 motion picture

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Football

Miami Jackson High football team is managed by

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. * Joe Brodsky - Class of 1953; former NFL assistant coach * Curry Burns - former NFL safety *

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- Class of 1953; played collegiately at

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; served as

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and

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; now a broadcaster with

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- Class of 2002; All-Pro linebacker in NFL, #92 for

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* Nick Ferguson - former NFL safety *

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- NFL running back for the

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* John Edward Harris (1956- ) - safety, played 11 seasons for NFL's

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and

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; intercepted 50 passes in his career, second most in team history *

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- former NFL linebacker *

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- NFL

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with

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(1979); played collegiately at

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* David Little - linebacker, played for

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and 12 seasons for

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- running back in

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; also played for

* Joe McCall - former NFL running back * Fred Robinson - NFL

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, with

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(1984–1986) and

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(1986); played collegiately at University of Miami * Mike Strachan - former NFL running back * Elliott Walker - former NFL running back

Olympics

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- Class of 2002; US 2012 Olympian in triathlon

References

External links

Official site
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