FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a roomy four-year high school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, run under PALM BEACH. The school hosts 1,923 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 86% larger than typical.

FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that teaches 191,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.7%; this one delivers 44.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.0%.

FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 2,460 (now 1,923). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 70% to 76%.

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