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Enrollment
966
High
DISTRICT 1,194 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRY·NCES 120078002663
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL
1501 S FRANCISCO ST, CLEWISTON, FL 33440 · (863) 983-1520 · Hendry County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL966 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Florida public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
27.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
574 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 234 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 277 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 232 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 223 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
37.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 21.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 966 | 59.4% | 39.7% |
| DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED | 898 | 63.7% | 37.7% |
| AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL AVON PARK | 980 | 59.2% | 48.9% |
| BAYSHORE HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,400 | 61.9% | 35.7% |
| BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL SARASOTA | 1,479 | 62.2% | 49.4% |
| LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 588 | 58.2% | 87.3% |
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 CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #493 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #469 of 549 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #515 of 559 ▼ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 966 | #411 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #524 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #268 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #105 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #207 of 246 |
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
966
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 966 | 35 | 27.6:1 | 59% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 978 | 38 | 25.7:1 | 71% (692) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 35 | 27.4:1 | 70% (666) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 41 | 23.9:1 | 66% (653) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 44 | 21.3:1 | 76% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 937 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 49% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 41 | 20.8:1 | 66% (566) |
| 2000-01 | 951 | 46 | 20.7:1 | 48% (458) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school for students in CLEWISTON, Florida. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 966 students.
HENDRY has 13,430 students spread across 13 schools.
More than half of the students at CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic (57%). The rest of enrollment is 21% Black and 19% White. That is in line with Hendry County, where about 58% of residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 27.6:1. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public high schools, CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.4%. CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL scores 39.7%.
Hendry County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,393 a year, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hendry County number 16, with about 7,592 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.5%; CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL's is 39.7%, ranking 7th of 7.
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 982 to 966. By 2024-25, the school had 27.6 students per teacher, compared with 23.9 in 2020-21.
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Hendry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,382
Census ACS
Median income
$56,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRY
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
Other schools in CLEWISTON
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 547 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 480 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- Ahfachkee Day SchoolCombined · 231 students
- MONTURA EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 547
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 477
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 480
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 679
- MOORE HAVEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.12.5 mi · 498
- MOORE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.6 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL?
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 966 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 27.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL?
At CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 19% White, 57% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HENDRY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.