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What advice would you give to incoming students at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
3,262
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001548
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL
4701 10TH AVE N, GREENACRES, FL 33463 · (561) 641-1200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,262 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Florida public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
20.0:1
163 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
1,806 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 809 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 867 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 846 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 740 | 23% |
Student demographics
40%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
43.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 29.0% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,262 | 55.4% | 42.3% |
| COLONIAL HIGH ORLANDO | 3,239 | 52.3% | 41.1% |
| TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 2,929 | 53.1% | 53.0% |
| EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 2,129 | 56.5% | 28.6% |
| OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 2,345 | 50.9% | 43.4% |
| FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,923 | 56.7% | 44.1% |
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 JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #454 of 555 | #27 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #430 of 549 ▼ 79 | #27 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #468 of 559 ▲ 8 | #27 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,262 | #11 of 830 | #1 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #162 of 575 | #23 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #485 of 594 | #29 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #159 of 630 | #12 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #142 of 289 | #6 of 18 |
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
3,262
-247 (-7%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 2,070
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 3,262 | 163 | 20.0:1 | 55% (1,806) |
| 2023-24 | 3,278 | 163 | 20.1:1 | 64% (2,097) |
| 2022-23 | 3,549 | 175 | 20.3:1 | 67% (2,390) |
| 2020-21 | 3,509 | 176 | 19.9:1 | 88% (3,088) |
| 2017-18 | 3,611 | 188 | 19.2:1 | 76% (2,758) |
| 2015-16 | 3,415 | 176 | 19.4:1 | 81% (2,757) |
| 2010-11 | 2,490 | 133 | 18.7:1 | 64% (1,594) |
| 2000-01 | 3,043 | 154 | 19.8:1 | 39% (1,193) |
| 1990-91 | 2,070 | 131 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL.
About JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL, located in GREENACRES, Florida, is a large high school. The school enrolls 3,262 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
The 233 schools in PALM BEACH enroll 191,505 students altogether, JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL among them.
More than half of the students at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic (75%). Other reported shares: 16% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Palm Beach County residents. The diversity index for JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 163 full-time-equivalent teachers at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 20.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1. A total of 1,806 students, or 55%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 10 points lower.
Among Florida public high schools, JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 42.3% actual against 53.4% predicted.
In Palm Beach County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 192,831, JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8.
The federal government classifies JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 3,262, down from 3,509 in 2020-21.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
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- OKEEHEELEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,401 students
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- TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
Nearby schools
- GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 773
- CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 1,342
- FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 953
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,069
- L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,275
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,397
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL?
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,262 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL serve?
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 20.0:1 (163 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL?
At JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 75% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.