MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 100 MUSTANG WAY, in MERRITT ISLAND, Florida, MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized high school that instructs 1,446 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within BREVARD. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.

Within BREVARD, which oversees 109 schools and 73,587 students, MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.4%; MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL posts 47.6%, -16.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Brevard County reports that median household income runs about $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GARDENDALE SEPARATE DAY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 72.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 1,569 students in 2018 compared to 1,446 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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