NOVA HIGH SCHOOL

NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is one of the well-populated high schools in DAVIE, Florida, one of the schools within BROWARD, with 2,420 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 134% larger than typical.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL has 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.0:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 59.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Broward County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,633, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. NOVA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

The closest other public school is NOVA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NOVA HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NOVA HIGH SCHOOL has increased 11%, going from 2,182 students in 2018 to 2,420 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 51% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

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