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BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 down about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, an expansive 9-12 campus in BOCA RATON, Florida, one of the schools within PALM BEACH, educates 2,819 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL sits 172% bigger than that benchmark.
Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL reports 162 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.4%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) logs that median household earnings sit near $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.1%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Over the past 7-year window. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 3,557 (now 2,819). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.
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