Coral Gables Senior High School

About Coral Gables Senior High School

Coral Gables Senior High School opened in 1950, when its high school students moved from the previous campus at Ponce de Leon High School. The original building cost $1,500,000 and had 63 classrooms, and the campus design reflects a Spanish influence, with open courtyards and decorative fountains. A $7 million classroom building addition was completed in 2005, and a $26 million General Obligation Bond project added a two-story building on the west side; the campus comprises 15 permanent buildings. The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and is assigned to the district's Central region. It is designated a No Place for Hate School and holds a Fairchild Challenge Award. It received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement for 2004-05, and Magnet Schools of America named it a Magnet School of Excellence in 2015 and 2020. Alumni include former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, astronauts William B. Lenoir and Winston E. Scott, football players Frank Gore and Jonathan Vilma, baseball player Mike Lowell, physicist Paul Steinhardt, economist Robert H. Frank, author Karen Russell, pianist George Winston and pole vaulter John Pennel. Its teams are the Cavaliers and its colors are red and gray.