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If you could change one rule at MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
2,210
High
DISTRICT 1,159 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000103
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
74 BULLDOG BLVD, MELBOURNE, FL 32901 · (321) 952-5880 · Brevard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
646 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 572 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 584 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 583 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 471 | 21% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
62.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,210 | 29.2% | 56.5% |
| FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 1,765 | 30.7% | 79.3% |
| OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOL OVIEDO | 2,312 | 31.5% | 64.2% |
| RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SARASOTA | 2,637 | 30.3% | 60.8% |
| SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 2,576 | 34.0% | 63.8% |
| LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 2,422 | 26.1% | 63.0% |
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 MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #224 of 555 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #368 of 549 ▲ 77 | #8 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #192 of 559 ▼ 45 | #6 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,210 | #124 of 830 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #279 of 575 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #344 of 594 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #488 of 630 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #287 of 289 | #9 of 10 |
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
2,210
+99 (+5%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 1,377
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 2,210 | 100.5 | 22.0:1 | 29% (646) |
| 2023-24 | 2,176 | 99.5 | 21.9:1 | 32% (689) |
| 2022-23 | 2,249 | 97.5 | 23.1:1 | 31% (704) |
| 2020-21 | 2,111 | 90 | 23.5:1 | 32% (667) |
| 2017-18 | 2,215 | 112 | 19.8:1 | 27% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 2,226 | 109 | 20.4:1 | 30% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 1,995 | 111 | 18.0:1 | 20% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 2,250 | 108 | 20.8:1 | 11% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 1,377 | 82 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in MELBOURNE, Florida. It teaches 2,210 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 114% higher.
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 109 schools that make up BREVARD (73,587 students in total).
More than half of the students at MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White (65%). Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 73% White among all Brevard County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Its staff includes 100.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 22.0 students per teacher. Compared with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 29% of students at MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Brevard County is 42%.
The model predicts 66.5% for a school in Florida with MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 56.5%.
In Brevard County, home to about 632,780 people, the median household earns about $78,476 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Brevard County number 113, with about 73,587 students.
Measured in a straight line, RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 2,111 in 2020-21 to 2,210 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.5:1 in 2020-21, and 22.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,532 students
Other schools in MELBOURNE
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 223
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 948
- UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 529
- STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 557
- HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 389
- HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,210 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 101 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the student diversity at MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 65% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.