MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in HOLLYWOOD, Florida, MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is a sprawling high school, operated by BROWARD. It educates 1,866 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% above the state mean of about 1,035.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% Black, 7% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.0%; actual is 39.5%, a gap of -19.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Broward County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,633, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WEST HOLLYWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MCARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 16%, going from 2,228 students in 2018 to 1,866 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 26.7:1 today.

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