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What's one thing COCOA HIGH SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,432
High
DISTRICT 1,159 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000100
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL
2000 TIGER TRL, COCOA, FL 32926 · (321) 632-5300 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,432 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
922 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 247 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 236 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 272 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 231 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 202 | 14% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
33.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
20.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 24.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 COCOA HIGH SCHOOL
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCOA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,432 | 64.4% | 29.1% |
| AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 1,770 | 63.6% | 35.3% |
| LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,973 | 62.3% | 41.9% |
| PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,793 | 58.9% | 46.7% |
| ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,844 | 60.8% | 58.6% |
| KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,861 | 69.8% | 37.1% |
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 COCOA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #551 of 555 | #16 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #501 of 549 ▼ 84 | #12 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #541 of 559 ▼ 14 | #16 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,432 | #313 of 830 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #37 of 575 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #21 of 594 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #67 of 630 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #134 of 289 | #3 of 10 |
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
1,432
-143 (-9%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,236
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,432 | 89 | 16.1:1 | 64% (922) |
| 2023-24 | 1,468 | 84 | 17.5:1 | 69% (1,009) |
| 2022-23 | 1,551 | 84 | 18.5:1 | 73% (1,130) |
| 2020-21 | 1,575 | 86 | 18.3:1 | 79% (1,250) |
| 2017-18 | 1,600 | 98 | 16.3:1 | 73% (1,164) |
| 2015-16 | 1,498 | 96 | 15.6:1 | 73% (1,097) |
| 2010-11 | 969 | 70 | 13.8:1 | 56% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 1,284 | 69 | 18.6:1 | 21% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 1,236 | 74 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COCOA HIGH SCHOOL.
About COCOA HIGH SCHOOL
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by BREVARD in COCOA, Florida. The student body numbers 1,432 students, from grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Florida is about 1,035, so this school runs 38% larger than that.
The 109 schools in BREVARD enroll 73,587 students altogether, COCOA HIGH SCHOOL among them.
At COCOA HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 32%. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 29% Black, and 8% multiracial. Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL counts 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.1 students for each one. On average, high schools in Florida have 23.5:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Brevard County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for COCOA HIGH SCHOOL is F. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places COCOA HIGH SCHOOL in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.8 points below it (29.1% actual, 48.9% predicted).
Brevard County has about 632,780 residents, and the median household income is $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Brevard County has 113 public schools and roughly 73,587 students.
Nearby, SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of COCOA HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, COCOA HIGH SCHOOL is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, COCOA HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment dropped 9%, to 1,432. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.3:1 to 16.1:1.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in COCOA
- SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,503 students
- ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 732 students
- ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 650 students
- SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 619
- BREVARD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.9 mi · 215
- CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.2 mi · 477
- ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 732
- EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY2.9 mi · 339
- RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About COCOA HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at COCOA HIGH SCHOOL?
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,432 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does COCOA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COCOA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COCOA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 16.1:1 (89 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at COCOA HIGH SCHOOL?
At COCOA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 32% White, 30% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is COCOA HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
COCOA HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.