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Enrollment
2,199
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003029
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL
12800 TAFT ST, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33028 · (754) 323-0650 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,199 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
678 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 518 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 542 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 599 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 540 | 25% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
61.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 35.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
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 CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,199 | 30.8% | 57.0% |
| CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,843 | 31.7% | 57.5% |
| J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,436 | 30.6% | 51.7% |
| SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL PLANTATION | 2,303 | 35.9% | 55.6% |
| CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,177 | 36.7% | 57.7% |
| MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 2,213 | 34.3% | 56.8% |
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 CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #216 of 555 | #23 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #265 of 549 ▲ 15 | #32 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #211 of 559 ▼ 1 | #21 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,199 | #129 of 830 | #15 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #324 of 575 | #11 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #223 of 594 | #20 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #470 of 630 | #33 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #87 of 289 | #11 of 28 |
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
2,199
-317 (-13%) vs 2020
-55% since 2000-01, when it was 4,940
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 2,199 | 96.8 | 22.7:1 | 31% (678) |
| 2023-24 | 2,330 | 102.8 | 22.7:1 | 36% (843) |
| 2022-23 | 2,475 | 100 | 24.8:1 | 57% (1,411) |
| 2020-21 | 2,516 | 107 | 23.5:1 | 50% (1,252) |
| 2017-18 | 2,604 | 112 | 23.3:1 | 60% (1,561) |
| 2015-16 | 2,830 | 114 | 24.8:1 | 53% (1,510) |
| 2010-11 | 3,235 | 139 | 23.3:1 | 42% (1,349) |
| 2000-01 | 4,940 | 206 | 24.0:1 | 10% (492) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL.
About CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL
PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, is home to CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL, a large high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 2,199 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Florida is about 1,035, so this school runs 112% bigger than that.
Federal data list 325 schools in BROWARD, with 243,591 students enrolled.
Enrollment at CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black, 7% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Broward County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
With 96.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL was 22.7:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 31%.
The allk12 Grade for CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL's results are 8.7 points below predicted: 57.0% against 65.7%.
In the county around the school, Broward County, median household income is about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL is among the 338 public schools in Broward County.
WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 2,516 to 2,199.
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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 PEMBROKE PINES
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,168 students
- PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 2,046 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER HIGHHigh · 1,450 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINESElementary · 1,367 students
- CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,353 students
Nearby schools
- WALTER C. YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 691
- LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 500
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITY1.4 mi · 1,336
- PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 627
- SILVER PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 450
- PALM COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL?
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,199 students in grades 09-12.
Is CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 22.7:1 students per teacher at CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL?
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 47% Hispanic, 40% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL?
CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BROWARD in Broward County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.