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What's the biggest difference between NOVA HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,420
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000234
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL
3600 COLLEGE AVE, DAVIE, FL 33314 · (754) 323-1650 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,420 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Florida public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
27.0:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
760 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 | 675 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 665 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 573 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 507 | 21% |
Student demographics
57%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
66.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 40.0% |
% 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 NOVA HIGH SCHOOL
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,420 | 31.4% | 59.4% |
| MILLENNIUM 6-12 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TAMARAC | 1,435 | 34.6% | 56.9% |
| CORAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,177 | 36.7% | 57.7% |
| J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,436 | 30.6% | 51.7% |
| CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 2,843 | 31.7% | 57.5% |
| FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 2,260 | 35.9% | 65.0% |
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 NOVA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #174 of 555 | #17 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #207 of 549 ▲ 18 | #26 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #162 of 559 ▲ 3 | #15 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,420 | #83 of 830 | #7 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.0:1 | #517 of 575 | #37 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #313 of 594 | #33 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #464 of 630 | #32 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #130 of 246 | #11 of 18 |
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
2,420
+143 (+6%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,759
Student : Teacher
27.0:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 2,420 | 89.6 | 27.0:1 | 31% (760) |
| 2023-24 | 2,255 | 89.5 | 25.2:1 | 38% (862) |
| 2022-23 | 2,227 | 90.1 | 24.7:1 | 59% (1,320) |
| 2020-21 | 2,277 | 87 | 26.2:1 | 57% (1,295) |
| 2017-18 | 2,182 | 96 | 22.7:1 | 66% (1,448) |
| 2015-16 | 2,175 | 93 | 23.4:1 | 60% (1,299) |
| 2010-11 | 2,210 | 106 | 20.9:1 | 49% (1,076) |
| 2000-01 | 2,107 | 93 | 22.7:1 | 12% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 1,759 | 90 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NOVA HIGH SCHOOL.
About NOVA HIGH SCHOOL
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL, located in DAVIE, Florida, is a large high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,420 students. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 134% higher.
BROWARD enrolls 243,591 students in 325 schools, including NOVA HIGH SCHOOL.
Black students are 61% of those enrolled at NOVA HIGH SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Broward County overall, about 28% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
With 89.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 27.0:1. High schools in Florida average 23.5:1, 3.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 31% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public high schools, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.4% for NOVA HIGH SCHOOL. The school posts 59.4%, 6.1 points below the prediction.
Census data for Broward County show median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 338 public schools in the county, enrolling about 244,502, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL among them.
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 2,420, up from 2,277 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about NOVA HIGH SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 DAVIE
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- INDIAN RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,833 students
- NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,294 students
- FOX TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,099 students
- SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 849 students
- NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEMElementary · 747 students
Other Nova High schools
One other US public school is named Nova High. NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Nova High SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 256 students
Nearby schools
- NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,294
- NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM0.2 mi · 747
- COLLEGE ACADEMY AT BROWARD COLLEGE0.3 mi · 487
- NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 731
- DAVIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 613
- SOMERSET ACADEMY DAVIE CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 150
Frequently asked questions
About NOVA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend NOVA HIGH SCHOOL?
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,420 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does NOVA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NOVA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 27.0:1 (90 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NOVA HIGH SCHOOL?
At NOVA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 21% Hispanic, 61% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is NOVA HIGH SCHOOL in?
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.