4000 Building, located at 401 NE 2nd Avenue; also houses MDC's Literary Center). High school admissions and enrollment Admission to New World School of the Arts is determined by a performance audition or a portfolio review. For detailed information, see the audition requirements for each division on its website. It serves as both a college and a high school; it is the only high school conservatory in Miami-Dade County. NWSA continued the PAVAC model of admission based entirely on audition. This differs from other Miami-Dade County Public School (MDCPS) magnets which are not VPA (visual and performing arts) magnets, which have a mixed model of entrance eligibility requirements and lottery. Also unlike the other MDCPS magnets, but like other VPA magnets, it does not have the "sibling rule", a policy of giving priority if a student's sibling is already attending the magnet school. In 2011, 1,268 students applied for admission to New World, competing for 140 available spots. This gives New World an 11% admissions rate, making it one of Miami's most competitive public high schools. Total enrollment for 2009–10 was 828, with 473 in the high school and 355 in the college. School demographics for 2009–10 were 35% male and 65% female; 42% Hispanic (of any race), 36% White non-Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, and less than 1% other. Notable alumni Russell Thomas, opera singer Mollye Asher, Academy Award-winning producer (Nomadland) Michael Aronov, Tony Award-winning actor (Oslo) Tarell Alvin McCraney, co-writer of Moonlight, Academy Award winner, chair of playwriting at the Yale School of Drama Hernan Bas, artist Robert Battle, choreographer, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Jennifer R. Blake, actress (Behaving Badly) Andréa Burns, stage actress Dennis Calero, artist, Harvey Award-nominated comic book illustrator Jencarlos Canela, actor, singer, composer, model Bernard Chang, graphic novel illustrator Alexis Cole, jazz singer Billy Corben, documentary film director (Cocaine Cowboys, The U) Cote de Pablo, actress, recording artist (NCIS) Masha Dashkina Maddux, former principal dancer at the Martha Graham Dance Company David Del Rio, stage and television actor (The Troop) Lili Estefan, model and talk show host (El Gordo y la Flaca) Katie Finneran, Tony Award-winning actress Brandon Flynn, actor in 13 Reasons Why Glenn Howerton, actor (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) Alex Lacamoire, Grammy Award and Tony Award-winning orchestrator and producer (In the Heights); (Hamilton) John Paul Leon, Eisner Award-nominated illustrator Erik Liberman, Broadway and TV actor, author