John A. Ferguson Senior High School began its construction in March of 2002. The facility is located at 15900 S.W. 56 Street in West Miami Dade.

Classes for John A. Ferguson began with the ninth grade class in the Summer of 2003. The first three nine weeks, the students were housed at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, in the back relocatables.

The facilities are located on 60 acres and contain approximately 310,000 square feet of classes, offices, and computer labs. The outdoor facilities include a football, softball, baseball and soccer field, as well as basketball, racquetball and tennis courts. Additionally, the facility includes a 900-seat auditorium, an 800-seat cafeteria, a state-of-the-art Media Center, and an indoor gymnasium.