A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL

A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment K-12 campus in BOCA RATON, Florida, part of FAU LAB SCH. Current enrollment sits at 1,326 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 276% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 353 students.

Across the 2 schools in FAU LAB SCH (2,827 students total), A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 33.1:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 69.6%; A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL posts 97.4%, +27.9 points above that line.

Around the school, Palm Beach County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

J. C. MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,147 (now 1,326). Asian enrollment moved from 10% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 33.1:1 today.

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