NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of sprawling scale in NICEVILLE, Florida, part of OKALOOSA, serveing 2,036 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 97% larger than that benchmark.

OKALOOSA runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 32,120 students. NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Okaloosa County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Okaloosa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,998 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

Nearest neighbor: C. W. RUCKEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 3%, going from 2,093 students in 2018 to 2,036 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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