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Enrollment
2,316
High
DISTRICT 1,338 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165001830
PACE HIGH SCHOOL
4065 NORRIS RD, PACE, FL 32571 · (850) 995-3600 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,316 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Florida public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
25.6:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
800 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 607 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 573 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 578 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 558 | 24% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 55.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 PACE HIGH SCHOOL
PACE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,316 | 34.5% | 66.5% |
| LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL LECANTO | 1,735 | 36.1% | 48.1% |
| SEABREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DAYTONA BEACH | 1,587 | 34.5% | 67.8% |
| NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOL NAVARRE | 2,410 | 30.4% | 67.2% |
| MERRITT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL MERRITT ISLAND | 1,446 | 33.5% | 47.6% |
| SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 1,394 | 32.7% | 47.9% |
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 PACE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #124 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #175 of 549 ▼ 59 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #144 of 559 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,316 | #105 of 830 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #482 of 575 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #470 of 594 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.5% | #433 of 630 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.2% | #83 of 246 | N/A |
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
2,316
+330 (+17%) vs 2020
+111% since 1990-91, when it was 1,098
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 2,316 | 90.5 | 25.6:1 | 35% (800) |
| 2023-24 | 2,284 | 91.5 | 25.0:1 | 37% (839) |
| 2022-23 | 2,240 | 89.5 | 25.0:1 | 34% (757) |
| 2020-21 | 1,986 | 85 | 23.4:1 | 24% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 1,960 | 91 | 21.5:1 | 35% (686) |
| 2015-16 | 1,922 | 84 | 22.9:1 | 33% (641) |
| 2010-11 | 1,888 | 86 | 21.9:1 | 30% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 1,643 | 83 | 19.8:1 | 15% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 1,098 | 62 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PACE HIGH SCHOOL.
About PACE HIGH SCHOOL
PACE HIGH SCHOOL, located in PACE, Florida, is a large high school. It had 2,316 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Florida enroll about 1,035 students on average.
The district, SANTA ROSA, has 29,643 students enrolled across 38 schools.
More than half of the students at PACE HIGH SCHOOL are White (74%). The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PACE HIGH SCHOOL scores 43%.
Teacher count: 90.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.6:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 2.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. Among public schools in Santa Rosa County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, PACE HIGH SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Florida public high schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PACE HIGH SCHOOL's results are 2.6 points above predicted: 66.5% against 63.9%.
Santa Rosa County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $91,922, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,382, PACE HIGH SCHOOL among them.
S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from PACE HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, PACE HIGH SCHOOL is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,986 to 2,316, a 17% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.4:1 to 25.6:1.
The PACE HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
- GULF BREEZE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in PACE
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
- PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 846 students
- THOMAS L SIMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 823 students
- S. S. DIXON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 611 students
Other Pace High schools
One other US public school is named Pace High. PACE HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY · 499 students
Nearby schools
- S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 611
- THOMAS L SIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 823
- S. S. DIXON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 676
- HIGH ROAD2.4 mi · 102
- PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 846
- BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About PACE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PACE HIGH SCHOOL?
PACE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,316 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PACE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PACE HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PACE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PACE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 25.6:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PACE HIGH SCHOOL?
At PACE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 74% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PACE HIGH SCHOOL in?
PACE HIGH SCHOOL is part of SANTA ROSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.