FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, run under OKALOOSA. Current enrollment sits at 1,550 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 50% above the state mean of about 1,035.

FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one of 49 schools operated by OKALOOSA, a district that enrolls 32,120 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 55.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Okaloosa County indicate median household income runs about $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 FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 1,698 students in 2018 compared to 1,550 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 12% to 21% over that span.

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