PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, an average-sized senior high in MELBOURNE, Florida, part of BREVARD, teaches 1,359 students, covering grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.

BREVARD runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 73,587 students. PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 21% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.1%; this one comes in at 35.9%, -19.2 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Brevard County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brevard County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 1,586 students in 2018 compared to 1,359 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 43% to 36%.

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