LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL

LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling 9-12 campus in LAKE WORTH, Florida, overseen by PALM BEACH. The school enrolls 2,589 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 150% bigger than the state mean of about 1,035.

LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that instructs 191,505 students overall.

On demographics, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 5% White, 3% Native American. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 145 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 LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.1%; actual is 31.9%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the broader community, Palm Beach County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 2,634 students in 2018 compared to 2,589 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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