Ultimately only six earthquake survivors enrolled there, with other students enrolling at other high schools. As of 2008, the school had 1,150 students. 240 of them were taking English as a second language classes, with the majority of them having Haitian Creole as their primary language. Miami Edison High is 91% Black, 8% Hispanic and 1% White non-Hispanic. The State's Accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs. The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:   In 2001, Leadership Miami and the Inner City Youth Center Miami Youth Center enlisted noted area abstract artist Antonia Gerstacker to organize area youth to help paint an inspirational mural facing the school's sports grounds. In response to an arrest made on 29 February 2008, a riot broke out the following day (Friday). Miami-Dade Police, Miami-Dade County School Police, and FHP officials reported to the scene.*