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Enrollment
1,956
High
DISTRICT 1,262 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002104
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET
1801 PANTHER LN, FORT PIERCE, FL 34947 · (772) 468-5400 · St. Lucie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,956 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-Beats 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
21.6:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
1,143 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 516 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 511 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 523 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 406 | 21% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
45.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET this school | 1,956 | 58.4% | 37.8% |
| PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 2,809 | 59.2% | 35.0% |
| ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL SEFFNER | 2,278 | 55.8% | 44.4% |
| WEKIVA HIGH APOPKA | 2,148 | 51.9% | 40.2% |
| WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,533 | 52.6% | 32.4% |
| PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 1,604 | 55.6% | 36.8% |
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 FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #506 of 555 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #541 of 549 ▼ 10 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #434 of 559 ▲ 35 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,956 | #176 of 830 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #255 of 575 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #197 of 594 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #117 of 630 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #105 of 246 | #4 of 6 |
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
1,956
+34 (+2%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,387
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 1,956 | 90.7 | 21.6:1 | 58% (1,143) |
| 2023-24 | 1,956 | 86.9 | 22.5:1 | 63% (1,228) |
| 2022-23 | 2,010 | 80.9 | 24.9:1 | 75% (1,512) |
| 2020-21 | 1,922 | 85 | 22.6:1 | 74% (1,423) |
| 2017-18 | 1,715 | 87 | 19.7:1 | 70% (1,209) |
| 2015-16 | 1,535 | 87 | 17.6:1 | 77% (1,189) |
| 2010-11 | 1,328 | 79 | 16.8:1 | 66% (871) |
| 2000-01 | 1,440 | 79 | 18.2:1 | 47% (672) |
| 1990-91 | 1,387 | 79 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET.
About FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is a high-enrollment high school with an address in FORT PIERCE, Florida. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 1,956 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students.
ST. LUCIE operates 53 schools. Combined enrollment is 49,308 students.
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is 50% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 15% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Lucie County's population at about 22%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 90.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 21.6:1. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 58%. For comparison, public schools in St. Lucie County average 57%.
Measured against Florida public high schools, FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is among the bottom 10% of schools in Florida. Predicted: 51.9%. Actual: 37.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for St. Lucie County show that the median household income is $71,457, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 57 public schools in St. Lucie County, enrolling about 50,809 students in all.
The closest public school, CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles from FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is 6th among 6 schools close by.
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show 1,922 students in 2020-21 and 1,956 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 21.6 students per teacher, compared with 22.6 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
Other schools in FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
- WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
Nearby schools
- CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 470
- PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.7 mi · 87
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY2.0 mi · 1,667
- ST LUCIE COUNTY JAIL - ROCK ROAD ACADEMY2.1 mi · 26
- FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 653
- MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY K-122.4 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHow many students attend FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET?
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET enrolls approximately 1,956 students in grades 09-12.
Is FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET have?
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET?
Student demographics at FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET are roughly 15% White, 30% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET in?
FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET is part of ST. LUCIE.
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