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If you could change one rule at MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,866
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000160
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
6501 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, HOLLYWOOD, FL 33024 · (754) 323-1200 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,866 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Florida public high schools
- DTest 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.
- ·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
26.7:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
824 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 | 481 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 460 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 463 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 462 | 25% |
Student demographics
60%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
44.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 25.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% 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 MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,866 | 44.2% | 39.5% |
| NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL OAKLAND PARK | 1,717 | 46.1% | 45.5% |
| HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 1,711 | 42.3% | 39.9% |
| DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,734 | 47.5% | 32.5% |
| DR. MICHAEL M. KROP SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,165 | 40.4% | 54.4% |
| MIAMI LAKES EDUCATIONAL CENTER MIAMI LAKES | 1,109 | 45.4% | 79.2% |
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 MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #496 of 555 | #41 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #443 of 549 ▼ 40 | #42 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #452 of 559 ▼ 12 | #37 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,866 | #196 of 830 | #24 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.7:1 | #509 of 575 | #35 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #248 of 594 | #23 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #315 of 630 | #15 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #83 of 289 | #10 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
1,866
-201 (-10%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,687
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 1,866 | 70 | 26.7:1 | 44% (824) |
| 2023-24 | 1,879 | 74 | 25.4:1 | 48% (910) |
| 2022-23 | 2,050 | 78.5 | 26.1:1 | 67% (1,377) |
| 2020-21 | 2,067 | 80 | 25.8:1 | 65% (1,335) |
| 2017-18 | 2,228 | 98 | 22.7:1 | 80% (1,777) |
| 2015-16 | 2,222 | 93 | 23.9:1 | 72% (1,599) |
| 2010-11 | 2,105 | 105 | 20.1:1 | 64% (1,354) |
| 2000-01 | 2,498 | 96 | 26.0:1 | 19% (477) |
| 1990-91 | 1,687 | 88 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school serving families in HOLLYWOOD, Florida. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,866 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 80% larger than that mark.
BROWARD serves 243,591 students across 325 schools.
More than half of enrollment at MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic: 52%. Other groups make up 34% Black, 7% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Broward County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
For every teacher at MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 26.7 students; the school has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 6% of Florida public high schools.
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 39.5%. Predicted: 59.0%. Difference: 19.6 points.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Broward County show that median household income comes to about $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broward County counts 338 public schools with about 244,502 students.
WEST HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 39.5% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 1,866 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 2,067.
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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
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in HOLLYWOOD
- SOUTH BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,358 students
- HOLLYWOOD HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,143 students
- HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCEElementary · 1,140 students
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY OF BROWARDHigh · 1,122 students
- AVANT GARDE ACADEMY K-5 BROWARDElementary · 959 students
Nearby schools
- WEST HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 414
- PEMBROKE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 559
- HOLLYWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 408
- APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,143
- BOULEVARD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 566
- SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY1.4 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL?
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,866 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL have?
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL?
At MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 52% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.