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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,326
Combined
DISTRICT 1,414 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAU LAB SCH·NCES 120201203140
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL
777 GLADES RD, BOCA RATON, FL 33431 · (561) 297-3970 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,326 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Florida public K-12 schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
33.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
307 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 5% |
| Grade 9 | 162 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 155 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 178 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 183 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
96.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
99.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.8% | 99.4% |
| 2023-24 | 96.4% | 98.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
97.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 97% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (97.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,326 | 23.2% | 97.4% |
| PINE VIEW SCHOOL OSPREY | 1,752 | 10.3% | 99.4% |
| P.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 1,363 | 27.4% | 79.9% |
| PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT WEST MELBOURNE WEST MELBOURNE | 832 | 30.2% | 66.5% |
| I PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIAMI | 781 | 22.0% | 92.6% |
| SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 755 | 34.2% | 62.0% |
Matched among Florida K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 97.4% | #2 of 25 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.4% | #2 of 25 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.8% | #2 of 25 no change | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,326 | #5 of 180 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 33.1:1 | #39 of 40 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #1 of 42 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #68 of 74 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #8 of 15 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,326
+53 (+4%) vs 2020
+183% since 2000-01, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
33.1:1
was 28.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,326 | 40 | 33.1:1 | 23% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 1,333 | 46 | 29.0:1 | 22% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 1,325 | 42 | 31.6:1 | 22% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 1,273 | 45 | 28.3:1 | 29% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 1,147 | 57 | 20.1:1 | 33% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 1,101 | 48 | 22.9:1 | 34% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 27% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 18 | 26.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL.
About A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in BOCA RATON, Florida. It is a large combined-grade school. The school enrolls 1,326 students, from kindergarten through 12. Average enrollment for combined schools in Florida is about 353, so this school runs 276% bigger than that.
The district, FAU LAB SCH, has 2,827 students enrolled across 2 schools.
The most common group at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 39%. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Palm Beach County, the White share is about 53%. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 33.1:1. This ratio sits 15.5 above the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, higher than here.
Measured against Florida public K-12 schools, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Florida schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.6%. The school's actual rate is 97.4%, 27.9 points higher.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Palm Beach County show that the median household income is $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: J. C. MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment grew 4% from its 2020-21 level of 1,273. The ratio was 28.3:1 in 2020-21 and 33.1:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FAU LAB SCH
- FAU/SLCSD PALM POINTE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SCHOOL @ TRADITIElementary · 1,501 students
Other schools in BOCA RATON
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
- WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,239 students
- EAGLES LANDING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,466 students
- VERDE K-8Elementary · 1,360 students
Nearby schools
- J. C. MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 683
- BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 912
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,058
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,819
- DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,270
- BOCA RATON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOLHow large is A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL?
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,326 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL serve?
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 33.1:1 students per teacher at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL?
A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by FAU LAB SCH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.