FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of roomy scale in FORT PIERCE, Florida, overseen by ST. LUCIE, instructing 3,178 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL sits 207% larger than that benchmark.

FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by ST. LUCIE, a district that teaches 49,308 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Black, 23% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, St. Lucie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,457 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in St. Lucie County (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students).

The closest other public school is ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 20% since 2018, when it stood at 2,641 (now 3,178). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 33% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 26.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.