INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL

INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment 9-12 campuss in VERO BEACH, Florida, run under INDIAN RIVER, with 682 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 1,035.

Within INDIAN RIVER, which oversees 28 schools and 16,621 students, INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Indian River County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.0%, the actual is 65.4%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the area at large, Indian River County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,491, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Indian River County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students), of which INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 682). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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