CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL

CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of substantial scale in PUNTA GORDA, Florida, part of CHARLOTTE, works with 1,872 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 24 schools operated by CHARLOTTE, a district that enrolls 16,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 52.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Charlotte County indicate median household income runs about $69,952, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Charlotte County (combined enrollment of about 16,997 students).

The closest other public school is PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 1,965 students in 2018 compared to 1,872 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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