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Enrollment
1,568
High
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162001811
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL
302 MELLON RD, PALATKA, FL 32177 · (386) 329-0577 · Putnam County
GRADES 07–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,568 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
23.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
807 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 7 | 207 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 305 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 308 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 280 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 14% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
36.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 32.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,568 | 51.5% | 33.6% |
| PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 1,359 | 51.9% | 35.9% |
| ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCKLEDGE | 1,579 | 48.2% | 43.4% |
| ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 1,209 | 52.2% | 56.0% |
| COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 1,711 | 44.8% | 44.8% |
| ESCAMBIA HIGH SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 1,634 | 58.3% | 40.1% |
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 PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #538 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #317 of 549 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #523 of 559 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,568 | #276 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #350 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #240 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #209 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.5% | #37 of 246 |
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
1,568
+508 (+48%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,789
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 1,568 | 68 | 23.1:1 | 51% (807) |
| 2023-24 | 1,606 | 74 | 21.7:1 | 66% (1,054) |
| 2022-23 | 1,639 | 76 | 21.6:1 | 64% (1,043) |
| 2020-21 | 1,060 | 50 | 21.2:1 | 47% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 1,157 | 52 | 22.3:1 | 56% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 1,290 | 62 | 20.8:1 | 52% (674) |
| 2010-11 | 1,451 | 68 | 21.3:1 | 64% (935) |
| 2000-01 | 1,652 | 85 | 19.4:1 | 38% (627) |
| 1990-91 | 1,789 | 103 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL.
About PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL is a public large high school in PALATKA, Florida. It has an enrollment of 1,568 students in grades 7 through 12. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 51% bigger than that mark.
Besides PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL, PUTNAM runs 17 other schools. The district enrolls 10,082 students.
About 50% of students at PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 37% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Putnam County, the White share is about 71%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 23.1:1. That is in line with the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL.
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools.
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 55.4%, so the school is 21.8 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In the surrounding county, Putnam County, median household income comes to about $47,934, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 19, with about 10,082 students.
MELLON LEARNING CENTER sits about 0.2 miles from PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment figures are 1,060 for 2020-21 and 1,568 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 21.2:1 to 23.1:1.
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,164
Census ACS
Median income
$47,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
10,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM
- MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,056 students
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 999 students
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
Other schools in PALATKA
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 565 students
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- MELLON LEARNING CENTERCombined · 297 students
- THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTERElementary · 275 students
- PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMiddle · 192 students
Nearby schools
- MELLON LEARNING CENTER0.2 mi · 297
- PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES0.4 mi · 192
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 558
- JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 565
- THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER2.1 mi · 275
- PUTNAM VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)2.4 mi · 26
Frequently asked questions
About PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL?
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,568 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL?
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 50% White, 9% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL?
PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PUTNAM in Putnam County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.