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What's something PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
438
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008354
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY
600 S EAST COAST AVE, LANTANA, FL 33462 · (561) 578-5700 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
231 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 6 | 86 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 21% |
| Grade 9 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 9% |
Student demographics
63%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
43.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 43.2% |
% 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY this school | 438 | 52.7% | 43.2% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 626 | 48.9% | 48.9% |
| ARTHUR AND POLLY MAYS CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS GOULDS | 514 | 54.9% | 61.2% |
| NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 445 | 48.1% | 65.5% |
| LORENZO WALKER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 588 | 58.2% | 87.3% |
| RIVERVIEW ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 201 | 49.8% | 67.2% |
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 MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #439 of 555 | #25 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #213 of 549 ▼ 9 | #14 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #465 of 559 ▲ 34 | #26 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #508 of 830 | #30 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #137 of 575 | #20 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #189 of 594 | #13 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #187 of 630 | #15 of 38 |
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
438
+229 (+110%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 29.9:1
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 | 438 | 22.4 | 19.5:1 | 53% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 21.6 | 21.6:1 | 63% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 14.2 | 37.5:1 | 73% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 7 | 29.9:1 | 81% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 9 | 18.4:1 | 74% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 105 | 17 | 6.2:1 | 71% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY.
About PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is a small high school in LANTANA, Florida, under PALM BEACH. The school reports 438 students in grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students.
PALM BEACH runs PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY along with 232 other schools, enrolling 191,505 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY, with 52% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Black and 18% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 24% Hispanic. PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.5:1. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is 53%. For comparison, public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is 54.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.2%.
Within Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
The closest public school, LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles from PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY as a charter school.
Federal records list enrollment at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY as 209 in 2020-21 and 438 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher fell from 29.9 to 19.5 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in LANTANA
- SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,452 students
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 792 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 579 students
- LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOLCombined · 286 students
Nearby schools
- LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 517
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 819
- ED VENTURE CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 75
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 579
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,185
- ROLLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARYHow large is PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY?
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY serve?
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY.
How diverse is PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY?
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY reports a student body of 18% White, 52% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY?
PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.