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Alumni: what's one memory from J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
2,436
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018002117
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL
10600 RIVERSIDE DR, CORAL SPRINGS, FL 33071 · (754) 322-2300 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,436 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test 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
27.2:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
746 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 566 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 601 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 641 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 628 | 26% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
54.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,436 | 30.6% | 51.7% |
| CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,843 | 31.7% | 57.5% |
| SOUTH PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL PLANTATION | 2,303 | 35.9% | 55.6% |
| CHARLES W FLANAGAN HIGH SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 2,199 | 30.8% | 57.0% |
| FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 2,260 | 35.9% | 65.0% |
| CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,177 | 36.7% | 57.7% |
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 J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #297 of 555 | #29 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #257 of 549 ▲ 7 | #30 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #303 of 559 ▲ 35 | #27 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,436 | #81 of 830 | #6 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #519 of 575 | #38 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #103 of 594 | #9 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #473 of 630 | #34 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #47 of 289 | #2 of 28 |
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
2,436
-364 (-13%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 2,467
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 2,436 | 89.6 | 27.2:1 | 31% (746) |
| 2023-24 | 2,516 | 100.6 | 25.0:1 | 37% (923) |
| 2022-23 | 2,586 | 108.2 | 23.9:1 | 54% (1,393) |
| 2020-21 | 2,800 | 115 | 24.4:1 | 54% (1,499) |
| 2017-18 | 3,200 | 143 | 22.4:1 | 62% (1,982) |
| 2015-16 | 3,130 | 138 | 22.7:1 | 55% (1,724) |
| 2010-11 | 2,982 | 150 | 19.9:1 | 37% (1,106) |
| 2000-01 | 3,025 | 120 | 25.2:1 | 10% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 2,467 | 128 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL.
About J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL operates as a large high school in CORAL SPRINGS, Florida. Total enrollment is 2,436 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 135% higher.
Besides J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL, BROWARD runs 324 other schools. The district enrolls 243,591 students.
No group is above 50% at J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL; the largest is Black, at 42%. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 18% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 28%. The diversity index for J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL has 89.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.2:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 3.7 students per teacher. At J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Florida public high schools, J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.7%) and its predicted rate (65.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
The school's county is Broward County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $77,633 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Broward County number 338, with about 244,502 students.
Of the public schools around it, J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL is closest to RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.7% against a local average of 62.5%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 2,436, from 2,800 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.4:1 in 2020-21, and 27.2:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- NOVA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,420 students
Other schools in CORAL SPRINGS
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,177 students
- CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,756 students
- WESTGLADES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,646 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CORAL SPRINGSElementary · 1,515 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT BROWARDElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 679
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT UNIVERSITY0.9 mi · 1,441
- PANACEA PREP CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 115
- EAGLES NEST MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 49
- MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 476
- TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL?
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,436 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL have?
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL employs 90 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.2:1.
What is the student diversity at J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 18% White, 34% Hispanic, 42% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL in?
J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.