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Enrollment
1,352
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002783
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
501 S SAPODILLA AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 · (561) 802-6000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,352 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Florida public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
215 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 320 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 359 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 328 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
94.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.5% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.5% | 80.0% |
% 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
91.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% 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 18 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 →
Schools most like ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's state test result (91.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS this school | 1,352 | 15.9% | 91.6% |
| ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATION LAND O LAKES | 1,088 | 13.6% | 75.8% |
| WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 2,218 | 16.0% | 67.0% |
| STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL LUTZ | 2,396 | 16.1% | 73.6% |
| BELL CREEK ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 1,125 | 8.4% | 82.9% |
| MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL PARKLAND | 3,089 | 13.2% | 74.6% |
Matched among Florida high 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 ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.6% | #13 of 555 | #1 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #27 of 549 ▲ 6 | #1 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.5% | #9 of 559 ▼ 4 | #1 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,352 | #330 of 830 | #22 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #103 of 575 | #13 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #58 of 594 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #577 of 630 | #36 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #232 of 289 | #12 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,352
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+294% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 1,352 | 72.5 | 18.6:1 | 16% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 1,368 | 74.5 | 18.4:1 | 20% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 1,374 | 71.5 | 19.2:1 | 19% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 1,363 | 65 | 21.0:1 | 24% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 1,396 | 81 | 17.2:1 | 22% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 1,400 | 73 | 19.2:1 | 22% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 1,311 | 73 | 18.0:1 | 15% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 1,270 | 66 | 19.2:1 | 7% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 31 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
About ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is a medium-sized high school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, (ZIP code 33401). Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,352 students. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 31% bigger than average.
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of 233 schools in PALM BEACH, which enrolls 191,505 students in total.
The most common group at ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is White students, at 46%. It is also 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.6:1. On average, high schools in Florida have 23.5:1, compared with 18.6:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is A+. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS beats its 73.2% prediction with 91.6%, a top-10% result in Florida.
Across Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Palm Beach County is home to 245 public schools and about 192,831 public school students.
The closest public school, U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY, is about 1.0 miles from ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,352, starting from 1,363. The number of students per teacher fell from 21.0 to 18.6 over 4 years.
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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
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- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
- CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,153 students
Nearby schools
- U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 496
- PALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL1.2 mi · 356
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 315
- WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 512
- WORTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 485
- BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 1,352 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serve?
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is approximately 18.6:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
At ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, the student body is approximately 46% White, 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
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