KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL

KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of reasonably sized scale in KEY WEST, Florida, part of MONROE, enrolling 1,337 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

MONROE runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 8,928 students. KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 34% White, 20% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 63.1%; KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL posts 44.3%, -18.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $87,738, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students), KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.7%.

KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL has increased 9%, going from 1,223 students in 2018 to 1,337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 34% over that span.

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