Both provide noteworthy cash or in-kind donations and have active Educational Advisory Compact agreements that facilitate working with MDCPS.

Pinecrest gives $10,000 to the school every year, and Palmetto Bay in 2015 sponsored a community-wide 5K Color Run fundraiser benefit.

In the school's history, a few scandals have surfaced, one in which lacrosse players shared racist remarks through a group chat to later be counseled,[12][13] and an incident where a student stabbed a classmate and her teacher with scissors.

[15] The overall remodel includes 120,900 square feet of new construction including a new three-story building to house administrative offices; student services; vocational labs, such as Web Design, drafting and design, health science, and business technology.

The remodel also includes a new art wing, photo studio lab, gymnastics space, dance room, music room, and black box theater; new cafeteria building, technology labs, and an indoor and outdoor dining facility adjacent to a central courtyard.

Miami Palmetto students score higher on other state and national assessments than other standard (non-magnet) public schools in Miami-Dade County.

[18] According to Newsweek's 2001 List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools,[19] Miami Palmetto is ranked at 251 in the nation (23rd in the state of Florida).