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.

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