PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 4245 HOLLY DR, in PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL is a big secondary school that works with 2,407 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PALM BEACH. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 133% above typical.

Across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH (191,505 students total), PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 139 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.1%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put median household earnings sit near $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 2,781 (now 2,407). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 22% to 12%.

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