 MCCHS had a retention rate of just 53%, meaning that only 53 out of every 100 students who entered the school as a freshman made it through their senior year and obtained a high school diploma.In the period after the school opened, according to Gus Garcia-Roberts of the "Miami New Times", the top sports at Miami Carol were football, basketball and wrestling.The marching band has been referred to as the "soul" of the school.