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If you had an hour of school board time for CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,720
High
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001347
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
110 RACETRACK RD NW, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 · (850) 833-3614 · Okaloosa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,720 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.4:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
954 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 521 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 476 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 377 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 20% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
47.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 28.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,720 | 55.5% | 48.5% |
| GULF HIGH SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,518 | 54.7% | 36.5% |
| SEBASTIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 1,777 | 52.8% | 53.4% |
| RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,792 | 57.6% | 62.6% |
| ANCLOTE HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 1,150 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| LAKE WEIR HIGH SCHOOL OCALA | 1,447 | 59.4% | 38.5% |
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 CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #337 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #298 of 549 ▲ 60 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #400 of 559 ▼ 39 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,720 | #231 of 830 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #243 of 575 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #138 of 594 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #157 of 630 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #184 of 246 | N/A |
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
1,720
+83 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,986
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 1,720 | 80.2 | 21.4:1 | 55% (954) |
| 2023-24 | 1,701 | 82.8 | 20.5:1 | 50% (858) |
| 2022-23 | 1,677 | 80.6 | 20.8:1 | 52% (869) |
| 2020-21 | 1,637 | 77 | 21.3:1 | 51% (840) |
| 2017-18 | 1,633 | 81 | 20.2:1 | 43% (705) |
| 2015-16 | 1,615 | 83 | 19.5:1 | 41% (655) |
| 2010-11 | 1,633 | 99 | 16.5:1 | 31% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 1,971 | 103 | 19.1:1 | 14% (283) |
| 1990-91 | 1,986 | 111 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
In FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, part of Okaloosa County, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. A total of 1,720 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 66% higher.
OKALOOSA, which runs CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, has 49 schools and 32,120 students.
Roughly 51% of students at CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Okaloosa County residents are about 72% White. CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.4:1, with 80.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.0 students per teacher below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 55% of enrollment.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.5% is 4.8 points below the 53.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Okaloosa County, the median household income is $81,998, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Okaloosa County has 51 public schools and roughly 32,120 students.
The closest public school, W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has grown by 83 students since 2020-21, to 1,720.
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Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
- C. W. RUCKEL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,061 students
Other schools in FORT WALTON BEACH
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOLElementary · 977 students
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 721
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 471
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 977
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 609
- OKALOOSA TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.3 mi · 42
- LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,720 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of OKALOOSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.