CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as an expansive high school in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, part of OKALOOSA. Current enrollment sits at 1,720 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

OKALOOSA comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 32,120 students; CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Around the school, census data for Okaloosa County shows median household earnings sit near $81,998, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 1,633 students in 2018 compared to 1,720 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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