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What's the one class at PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,809
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002627
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL
3505 SHILOH DR, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407 · (561) 640-5000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,809 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
129 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,662 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 742 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 746 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 707 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 614 | 22% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
31.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 1 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 | 31.4% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,809 | 59.2% | 35.0% |
| FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNET FORT PIERCE | 1,956 | 58.4% | 37.8% |
| OAK RIDGE HIGH ORLANDO | 2,553 | 58.4% | 42.7% |
| WEKIVA HIGH APOPKA | 2,148 | 51.9% | 40.2% |
| MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,414 | 63.8% | 37.4% |
| SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH LANTANA | 2,452 | 51.1% | 47.1% |
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 PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #532 of 555 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #431 of 549 ▼ 7 | #28 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #550 of 559 ▼ 12 | #32 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,809 | #39 of 830 | #5 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #269 of 575 | #30 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #357 of 594 | #23 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #109 of 630 | #8 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #93 of 246 | #3 of 10 |
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
2,809
+211 (+8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 2,922
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 2,809 | 129 | 21.8:1 | 59% (1,662) |
| 2023-24 | 2,783 | 120.1 | 23.2:1 | 63% (1,759) |
| 2022-23 | 2,688 | 115 | 23.4:1 | 70% (1,881) |
| 2020-21 | 2,598 | 138 | 18.8:1 | 89% (2,312) |
| 2017-18 | 2,420 | 136 | 17.8:1 | 79% (1,906) |
| 2015-16 | 2,153 | 126 | 17.1:1 | 80% (1,725) |
| 2010-11 | 1,922 | 111 | 17.3:1 | 70% (1,354) |
| 2000-01 | 2,842 | 145 | 19.6:1 | 29% (834) |
| 1990-91 | 2,922 | 158 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL.
About PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. A total of 2,809 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 171% above average.
PALM BEACH has 191,505 students spread across 233 schools.
A majority of students at PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL, 59%, are Black. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic and 4% White. Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 53%.
Teachers at the school number 129 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.8:1. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The school's lunch program data list 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 35.0%, is 16.5 points below the 51.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Palm Beach County show that median household income is about $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 245 public schools operate in Palm Beach County, serving about 192,831 students.
SEAGULL ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL places 5th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL had 2,598 students in 2020-21 and 2,809 in 2024-25, an 8% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.8:1 to 21.8:1.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
Other schools in WEST PALM BEACH
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
- CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,153 students
Nearby schools
- SEAGULL ACADEMY0.9 mi · 23
- EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 547
- BELIEVERS ACADEMY1.1 mi · 96
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.4 mi · 1,246
- SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 683
- BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL?
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,809 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL have?
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL employs 129 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 35% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL in?
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
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