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Enrollment
680
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000270
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE
4700 COCONUT CREEK PKWY, MARGATE, FL 33063 · (754) 321-5100 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
218 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp 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 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
92.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
680
+31 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 5.2:1
% White
13%
was 14%
% Hispanic
26%
was 26%
% Black
55%
was 50%
% Asian
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE
As a close-knit four-year high school in MARGATE, Florida, ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE teaches 680 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by BROWARD. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 1,035.
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE is one of 325 schools operated by BROWARD, a district that educates 243,591 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE lists that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.1%; actual is 92.8%, +27.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).
SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE. On composite proficiency, ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 680). The Black share of enrollment increased from 50% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in MARGATE
- MARGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 962 students
- MARGATE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 927 students
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMYElementary · 770 students
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 684 students
- ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 579 students
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARDHigh · 353 students
Nearby schools
- SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARD0.2 mi · 353
- DAVE THOMAS EDUCATION CENTER WEST0.2 mi · 492
- WEST BROWARD ACADEMY0.4 mi · 770
- ASCEND CAREER ACADEMY0.4 mi · 215
- BROWARD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.6 mi · 541
- BROWARD VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.6 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGEWhat is the total enrollment at ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE?
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE serve?
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE?
At ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE, the student body is approximately 13% White, 26% Hispanic, 55% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE in?
ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.