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What's the one class at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,589
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001516
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL
1701 LAKE WORTH RD, LAKE WORTH, FL 33460 · (561) 533-6300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,589 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.9:1
145 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
1,555 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 656 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 745 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 632 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 548 | 21% |
Student demographics
55%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
32.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,589 | 60.1% | 31.9% |
| RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DAVENPORT | 2,632 | 61.7% | 39.4% |
| MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,238 | 57.4% | 45.8% |
| LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 2,550 | 53.9% | 38.9% |
| EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 2,129 | 56.5% | 28.6% |
| OAK RIDGE HIGH ORLANDO | 2,553 | 58.4% | 42.7% |
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 LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #546 of 555 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #533 of 549 ▼ 19 | #30 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #547 of 559 ▲ 4 | #31 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,589 | #60 of 830 | #9 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #80 of 575 | #9 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #345 of 594 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #98 of 630 | #7 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #253 of 289 | #15 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
2,589
+93 (+4%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 1,404
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 2,589 | 145 | 17.9:1 | 60% (1,555) |
| 2023-24 | 2,612 | 149.5 | 17.5:1 | 65% (1,705) |
| 2022-23 | 2,683 | 150 | 17.9:1 | 71% (1,912) |
| 2020-21 | 2,496 | 154 | 16.2:1 | 92% (2,296) |
| 2017-18 | 2,634 | 164 | 16.1:1 | 83% (2,188) |
| 2015-16 | 2,596 | 157 | 16.5:1 | 87% (2,248) |
| 2010-11 | 1,968 | 125 | 15.7:1 | 66% (1,307) |
| 2000-01 | 3,028 | 155 | 19.5:1 | 25% (754) |
| 1990-91 | 1,404 | 100 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school. Its address is in LAKE WORTH, Florida. It has an enrollment of 2,589 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 1,035.
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL falls under PALM BEACH, which has 233 schools enrolling 191,505 students.
Federal enrollment data show LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is 61% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 29% Black, 5% White, and 3% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 24% share among Palm Beach County residents. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL comes to 145 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.9:1. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. On the income side, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
Among Florida public high schools, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL scores 19.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.9%; the prediction is 51.1%.
Looking at the county, Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Palm Beach County has 245 public schools with about 192,831 students, including LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL.
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2,496 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 2,589 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 16.2:1 to 17.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in LAKE WORTH
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- DR. JOAQUIN GARCIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,541 students
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,307 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,268 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,185 students
- LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,136 students
Other Lake Worth High schools
One other US public school is named Lake Worth High. LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Lake Worth High SchoolLAKE WORTH, TX · 953 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 976
- SOUTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 624
- NORTH GRADE K-81.1 mi · 769
- LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE1.2 mi · 1,136
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,185
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY1.5 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,589 students in grades 09-12.
Is LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 17.9:1 (145 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL?
At LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 61% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.